NettevsneunteTell them apart

Quick tell: Nette is a name, neunte is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Nette” is a name and “neunte” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,060
“Nette” frequency rank
#18,641
“neunte” frequency rank
21701
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Nette neunte
Definition linker Nebenfluss des Rheins, der bei Weißenthurm in den Mittelrhein mündet nach dem beziehungsweise der achten kommend; dem zehnten vorausgehend

Letter map: Nette vs neunte

Shared letters muted; letters that set Nette and neunte apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Nette
6 ch
neunte

Role in the sentence - Nette and neunte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Nette is aname and neunteanum. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21701, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Nette is recorded at frequency rank #3,060, classified as aname, pronounced […]. neunte is at rank #18,641, tagged as anum, pronounced [ˈnɔɪ̯ntə].

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 21701, this pair ranks #1,883,148 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Nette vs neunte

Shared letters: ent. Private to "Nette": -. Private to "neunte": u.

"Nette" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "neunte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Netteentte · nete · netet · nnette · ntete
  • neunteenunte · nenute · neunet · neunnte · neuntte · neutne · nneunte · nuente

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Nette" and "neunte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Nette" is a name and "neunte" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Nette" or "neunte"?
"Nette" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,060 in our German list, against #18,641 for "neunte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Nette" and "neunte".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Nette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "neunte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,883,148 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Nette" and "neunte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Neuner vs neunte". 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 #1,883,148 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