Which to use
“near” is an adjective and “nur” is a particle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,730
- “near” frequency rank
- #40
- “nur” frequency rank
- 33770
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | near | nur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nahe | generell: unterstreicht die Betonung oder Einschränkung der Satzteilaussage |
Letter map: near vs nur
Shared letters muted; letters that set near and nur apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for near / nur
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: near is anadjective and nuraparticle. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
near is recorded at frequency rank #33,730, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. nur is at rank #40, tagged as aparticle, pronounced [nuːɐ̯].
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 33770, this pair ranks #1,678,497 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of near vs nur
Shared letters: nr. Private to "near": ae. Private to "nur": u.
"near" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "nur" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- near ← enar · naer · nearr · nera · nnear
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "near" and "nur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "near" vs "nur" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "near" and "nur".
- Full dictionary entry for "near" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,678,497 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "near" and "nur" 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 #1,678,497 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.