Which to use
“neigt” is a verb and “neil” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,548
- “neigt” frequency rank
- #14,135
- “neil” frequency rank
- 26683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | neigt | neil |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs neigen | Adessiv Plural des Personalpronomens nemad „sie“ |
Letter map: neigt vs neil
Shared letters muted; letters that set neigt and neil apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. neigt runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against neil's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for neigt / neil
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: neigt is averb and neilanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
neigt is recorded at frequency rank #12,548, classified as averb, pronounced [naɪ̯kt]. neil is at rank #14,135, 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 26683, this pair ranks #1,814,120 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of neigt vs neil
Shared letters: ein. Private to "neigt": gt. Private to "neil": l.
"neigt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "neil" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "neigt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "neil" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,814,120 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "neigt" and "neil" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "neil 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 #1,814,120 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.