neck vs nes, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“neck” is a verb and “nes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,472
“neck” frequency rank: #28,778
“nes” frequency rank: 74250
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	neck	nes
Definition	2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs necken	Landspitze

Letter map: neck vs nes

Shared letters muted; letters that set neck and nes apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

neck

3 ch

nes

Grammar separator: neck vs nes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: neck is averb and nesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74250, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

neck is recorded at frequency rank #45,472, classified as averb, pronounced [nɛk]. nes is at rank #28,778, 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 74250, this pair ranks #338,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of neck vs nes

Shared letters: en. Private to "neck": ck. Private to "nes": s.

"neck" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "nes" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

neck ← enck · ncek · necck · neckk · nekc · nneck

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "neck" and "nes" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "neck" is a verb and "nes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "neck" or "nes"?

"nes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,778 in our German list, against #45,472 for "neck". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "neck" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "nes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #338,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"neck" and "nes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "neck vs nei". 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 #338,439 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.