neosvsNexusWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: neos is a verb, Nexus is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“neos” is a verb and “Nexus” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,662
“neos” frequency rank
#19,323
“Nexus” frequency rank
32985
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature neos Nexus
Definition Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs nei Verbindung, Verkettung, Zusammenhang

Letter map: neos vs Nexus

Shared letters muted; letters that set neos and Nexus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. neos runs 4 letters (CVVC) against Nexus's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
neos
5 ch
Nexus

Part-of-speech tell for neos / Nexus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: neos is averb and Nexusanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32985, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

neos is recorded at frequency rank #13,662, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Nexus is at rank #19,323, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈnɛksʊs].

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 32985, this pair ranks #1,695,823 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of neos vs Nexus

Shared letters: ens. Private to "neos": o. Private to "Nexus": ux.

"neos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Nexus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • neos ← enos · neoss · neso · nneos · noes
  • Nexus ← enxus · neuxs · nexsu · nexuss · nexxus · nnexus · nxeus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "neos" and "Nexus" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "neos" is a verb and "Nexus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "neos" or "Nexus" show up more?
"neos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,662 in our German list, against #19,323 for "Nexus". 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 "neos" and "Nexus".

  • Full dictionary entry for "neos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Nexus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,695,823 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "neos" and "Nexus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Nervus vs Nexus". 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 #1,695,823 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