notenvstimesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#5,014
“noten” frequency rank
#5,431
“times” frequency rank
10445
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature noten times
Definition Nominativ Singular bestimmte Form des Substantivs not Plural des Substantivs time

Letter map: noten vs times

Shared letters muted; letters that set noten and times apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. noten and times follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
noten
5 ch
times

Pair insight - noten / times

noten and times 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 share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

noten is recorded at frequency rank #5,014, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. times is at rank #5,431, 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 10445, this pair ranks #1,975,100 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of noten vs times

Shared letters: et. Private to "noten": no. Private to "times": ims.

"noten" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • notennnoten · noetn · notenn · notne · notten · ntoen · onten
  • timesitmes · tiems · timess · timmes · timse · tmies · ttimes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "noten" for "times" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "noten" or "times"?
"noten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,014 in our German list, against #5,431 for "times". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "noten" and "times". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "noten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "times" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,975,100 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "noten" and "times" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs times". 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 #1,975,100 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