nonevsNoteConfusable pair

Which to use

“none” and “Note” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#42,028
“none” frequency rank
#3,986
“Note” frequency rank
46014
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature none Note
Definition Plural des Substantivs nona Symbol zur schriftlichen Aufzeichnung eines Tones, dessen Platzierung im Notensystem die Tonhöhe – ausgedrückt im Notennamen – und dessen äußere Gestalt die Tondauer – den Notenwert – anzeigt. Es besteht aus Notenkopf und Hals, größere Notenwerte nur aus dem Notenkopf.

Letter map: none vs Note

Shared letters muted; letters that set none and Note apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
none
4 ch
Note

Corpus notes: none and Note

none and Note are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - n in “none” becomes t in “Note”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46014, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

none is recorded at frequency rank #42,028, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Note is at rank #3,986, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈnoːtə].

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 46014, this pair ranks #1,333,445 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of none vs Note

Shared letters: eno. Private to "none": -. Private to "Note": t.

"none" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Note" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nonennoe · onne
  • Notennote · noet · notte · ntoe · onte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "none" for "Note" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - n in “none” becomes t in “Note”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "none" vs "Note" - which ranks higher?
"Note" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,986 in our German list, against #42,028 for "none". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "none" vs "Note" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "none" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Note" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,333,445 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "none" and "Note" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "none 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 #1,333,445 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