notenvsveraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: noten is a noun, vera is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“noten” is a noun and “vera” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,014
“noten” frequency rank
#8,302
“vera” frequency rank
13316
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature noten vera
Definition Nominativ Singular bestimmte Form des Substantivs not wahr, regelrecht

Letter map: noten vs vera

Shared letters muted; letters that set noten and vera apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. noten runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against vera's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
noten
4 ch
vera

Grammar separator: noten vs vera

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: noten is anoun and veraanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

noten is recorded at frequency rank #5,014, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. vera is at rank #8,302, tagged as anadj, 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 13316, this pair ranks #1,958,753 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of noten vs vera

Shared letters: e. Private to "noten": not. Private to "vera": arv.

"noten" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "vera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • noten ← nnoten · noetn · notenn · notne · notten · ntoen · onten
  • vera ← evra · vear · verra · vrea · vvera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "noten" for "vera" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "noten" is a noun and "vera" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "noten" vs "vera" - which ranks higher?
"noten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,014 in our German list, against #8,302 for "vera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "noten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,958,753 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "noten" and "vera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs vera". 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 #1,958,753 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