officevstermineTell them apart

Which to use

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

#5,205
“office” frequency rank
#4,469
“termine” frequency rank
9674
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature office termine
Definition Arbeitsraum für Verwaltung und Planung: Büro der Termin

Letter map: office vs termine

Shared letters muted; letters that set office and termine apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. office runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against termine's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
office
7 ch
termine

Pair insight - office / termine

office and termine 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 9674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

office is recorded at frequency rank #5,205, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. termine is at rank #4,469, 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 9674, this pair ranks #1,978,841 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of office vs termine

Shared letters: ei. Private to "office": cfo. Private to "termine": mnrt.

"office" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "termine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • officefofice · offcie · officce · offiec · ofice · ofifce
  • termineetrmine · temrine · terimne · termien · terminne · termmine · termnie · terrmine

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "office" and "termine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Frequency check: "office" vs "termine" - which ranks higher?
"termine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,469 in our German list, against #5,205 for "office". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "office" and "termine".

  • Full dictionary entry for "office" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "termine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,978,841 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "office" and "termine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "office 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 #1,978,841 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