Which to use
“Organ” and “organe” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,915
- “Organ” frequency rank
- #7,793
- “organe” frequency rank
- 16708
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Organ | organe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ein Glied, ein Teil in einem größeren (meist technischen oder biologischen) Zusammenhang mit einer bestimmten Gestalt und Funktion | Organ |
Same sound, different letters: Organ vs organe
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. Organ runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against organe's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - Organ and organe
This is the hard kind. Organ and organe are pronounced identically ([ɔʁˈɡaːn]) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Organ” sits inside “organe”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Organ is recorded at frequency rank #8,915, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɔʁˈɡaːn]. organe is at rank #7,793, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɔʁ.ɡan].
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 16708, this pair ranks #1,933,629 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Organ vs organe
Shared letters: agnor. Private to "Organ": -. Private to "organe": e.
"Organ" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "organe" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Organ" for "organe" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Organ" or "organe" show up more?
Useful next steps
"Organ" and "organe" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "Organ" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "organe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,933,629 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Organ" and "organe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordne vs organe". 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 #1,933,629 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.