Which to use
“neon” is a noun and “neun” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,432
- “neon” frequency rank
- #1,639
- “neun” frequency rank
- 29071
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | neon | neun |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Neon | die Kardinalzahl zwischen acht und zehn |
Letter map: neon vs neun
Shared letters muted; letters that set neon and neun apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. neon and neun follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for neon / neun
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: neon is anoun and neunanum. On the page they differ by a single letter - o in “neon” becomes u in “neun”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29071, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
neon is recorded at frequency rank #27,432, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. neun is at rank #1,639, tagged as anum, pronounced [nɔɪ̯n].
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 29071, this pair ranks #1,773,579 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of neon vs neun
Shared letters: en. Private to "neon": o. Private to "neun": u.
"neon" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "neun" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "neon" and "neun" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "neon" or "neun"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "neon" and "neun".
- Full dictionary entry for "neon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "neun" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,773,579 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "neon" and "neun" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "neon 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 #1,773,579 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.