nehmevsNetteTell them apart

Quick tell: nehme is a verb, Nette is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“nehme” is a verb and “Nette” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,674
“nehme” frequency rank
#3,060
“Nette” frequency rank
4734
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nehme Nette
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nehmen linker Nebenfluss des Rheins, der bei Weißenthurm in den Mittelrhein mündet

Letter map: nehme vs Nette

Shared letters muted; letters that set nehme and Nette apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. nehme and Nette follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
nehme
5 ch
Nette

Role in the sentence - nehme and Nette

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nehme is averb and Netteaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nehme is recorded at frequency rank #1,674, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈneːmə]. Nette is at rank #3,060, tagged as aname, 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 4734, this pair ranks #1,996,832 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of nehme vs Nette

Shared letters: en. Private to "nehme": hm. Private to "Nette": t.

"nehme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Nette" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nehme ← enhme · nehem · nehhme · nehmme · nemhe · nheme · nnehme
  • Nette ← entte · nete · netet · nnette · ntete

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nehme" and "Nette" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nehme" is a verb and "Nette" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "nehme" vs "Nette" - which ranks higher?
"nehme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,674 in our German list, against #3,060 for "Nette". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "nehme" and "Nette".

  • Full dictionary entry for "nehme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Nette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,996,832 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nehme" and "Nette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Nette 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 #1,996,832 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