ninavsnineTell them apart

Quick tell: nina is a noun, nine is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“nina” is a noun and “nine” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,095
“nina” frequency rank
#28,781
“nine” frequency rank
34876
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nina nine
Definition Nase neun

Letter map: nina vs nine

Shared letters muted; letters that set nina and nine apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
nina
4 ch
nine

Role in the sentence - nina and nine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nina is anoun and nineanum. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “nina” becomes e in “nine”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nina is recorded at frequency rank #6,095, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. nine is at rank #28,781, tagged as anum, pronounced [naɪn].

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 34876, this pair ranks #1,653,254 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of nina vs nine

Shared letters: in. Private to "nina": a. Private to "nine": e.

"nina" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "nine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ninainna · nian · ninna · nnia · nnina
  • nineinne · ninne · nnie · nnine

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nina" and "nine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nina" is a noun and "nine" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "nina" or "nine"?
"nina" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,095 in our German list, against #28,781 for "nine". 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 "nina" and "nine".

  • Full dictionary entry for "nina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,653,254 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nina" and "nine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nine vs node". 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 #1,653,254 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