Which to use
“near” is an adjective and “nee” is a particle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,730
- “near” frequency rank
- #3,609
- “nee” frequency rank
- 37339
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | near | nee |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nahe | nein |
Letter map: near vs nee
Shared letters muted; letters that set near and nee apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. near runs 4 letters (CVVC) against nee's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for near / nee
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: near is anadjective and neeaparticle. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37339, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
near is recorded at frequency rank #33,730, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. nee is at rank #3,609, tagged as aparticle, pronounced [neː].
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 37339, this pair ranks #1,592,809 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of near vs nee
Shared letters: en. Private to "near": ar. Private to "nee": -.
"near" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "nee" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- near ← enar · naer · nearr · nera · nnear
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "near" and "nee" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "near" or "nee" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "near" and "nee". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "near" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nee" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,592,809 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "near" and "nee" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "near 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 #1,592,809 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.