Which to use
“nes” is a noun and “neues” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,778
- “nes” frequency rank
- #549
- “neues” frequency rank
- 29327
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nes | neues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Landspitze | Nominativ Neutrum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs neu |
Letter map: nes vs neues
Shared letters muted; letters that set nes and neues apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for nes / neues
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nes is anoun and neuesanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29327, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nes is recorded at frequency rank #28,778, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. neues is at rank #549, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈnɔɪ̯əs].
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 29327, this pair ranks #1,768,887 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nes vs neues
Shared letters: ens. Private to "nes": -. Private to "neues": u.
"nes" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "neues" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- neues ← enues · neeus · neuess · neuse · nneues · nuees
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "nes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "neues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,768,887 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nes" and "neues" 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 #1,768,887 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.