Which to use
“neige” is a verb and “neisse” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,249
- “neige” frequency rank
- #24,447
- “neisse” frequency rank
- 47696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | neige | neisse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs neigen | Illativ Plural des Personalpronomens nemad „sie“ |
Letter map: neige vs neisse
Shared letters muted; letters that set neige and neisse apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. neige runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against neisse's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for neige / neisse
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: neige is averb and neisseanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
neige is recorded at frequency rank #23,249, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈnaɪ̯ɡə]. neisse is at rank #24,447, tagged as anunknown, 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 47696, this pair ranks #1,275,289 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of neige vs neisse
Shared letters: ein. Private to "neige": g. Private to "neisse": s.
"neige" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "neisse" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "neige" for "neisse" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "neige" or "neisse" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "neige" vs "neisse" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "neige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "neisse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,275,289 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "neige" and "neisse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "neisse 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 #1,275,289 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.