NemovsnesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Nemo is a name, nes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#31,193
“Nemo” frequency rank
#28,778
“nes” frequency rank
59971
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Nemo nes
Definition männlicher Vorname Landspitze

Letter map: Nemo vs nes

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

4 ch
Nemo
3 ch
nes

Role in the sentence - Nemo and nes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Nemo is aname and nesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59971, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Nemo is recorded at frequency rank #31,193, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈneːmo]. 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 59971, this pair ranks #804,508 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Nemo vs nes

Shared letters: en. Private to "Nemo": mo. Private to "nes": s.

"Nemo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "nes" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Nemoenmo · nemmo · neom · nmeo · nnemo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Nemo" for "nes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Nemo" is a name and "nes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Nemo" vs "nes" - which ranks higher?
"nes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,778 in our German list, against #31,193 for "Nemo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Nemo" and "nes".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Nemo" 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 #804,508 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Nemo" and "nes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nes 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 #804,508 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