NonnenvsnotenTell them apart

Which to use

“Nonnen” and “noten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,000
“Nonnen” frequency rank
#5,014
“noten” frequency rank
23014
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Nonnen noten
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Nonne Nominativ Singular bestimmte Form des Substantivs not

Letter map: Nonnen vs noten

Shared letters muted; letters that set Nonnen and noten apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Nonnen runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against noten's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Nonnen
5 ch
noten

Pair insight - Nonnen / noten

Nonnen and noten 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23014, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Nonnen is recorded at frequency rank #18,000, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈnɔnən]. noten is at rank #5,014, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 23014, this pair ranks #1,866,848 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Nonnen vs noten

Shared letters: eno. Private to "Nonnen": -. Private to "noten": t.

"Nonnen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "noten" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Nonnen ← nnonen · nnonnen · nonenn · nonnenn · nonnne · onnnen
  • noten ← nnoten · noetn · notenn · notne · notten · ntoen · onten

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Nonnen" and "noten" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Nonnen" or "noten"?
"noten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,014 in our German list, against #18,000 for "Nonnen". 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 "Nonnen" and "noten".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Nonnen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "noten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,866,848 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Nonnen" and "noten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Nonnen vs Nonsens". 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 #1,866,848 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