NässevsnoiseTell them apart

Which to use

“Nässe” and “noise” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,692
“Nässe” frequency rank
#31,196
“noise” frequency rank
56888
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Nässe noise
Definition nasse Beschaffenheit (der Umgebung), starke Feuchtigkeit Lärm, Geräusch, Geschrei, Gerücht, Ton, Tonspiel

Letter map: Nässe vs noise

Shared letters muted; letters that set Nässe and noise apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Nässe (CVCCV) and noise (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Nässe
5 ch
noise

Corpus notes: Nässe and noise

Nässe and noise are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Nässe is recorded at frequency rank #25,692, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈnɛsə]. noise is at rank #31,196, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 56888, this pair ranks #922,856 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Nässe vs noise

Shared letters: ens. Private to "Nässe": ä. Private to "noise": io.

"Nässe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "noise" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • noise ← niose · nnoise · noies · noisse · nosie · onise

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Nässe" and "noise" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Nässe" vs "noise" - which ranks higher?
"Nässe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,692 in our German list, against #31,196 for "noise". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Nässe" vs "noise" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Nässe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "noise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #922,856 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Nässe" and "noise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noise vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #922,856 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list