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Which to use

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

#7,793
“organe” frequency rank
#22,457
“Organen” frequency rank
30250
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature organe Organen
Definition Organ Dativ Plural des Substantivs Organ

Where the eye mixes organe and Organen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. organe runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against Organen's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
organe
7 ch
Organen

Why the eye confuses organe with Organen

A purely visual mix-up. organe ([ɔʁ.ɡan]) and Organen ([ɔʁˈɡaːnən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “organe” sits inside “Organen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30250, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

organe is recorded at frequency rank #7,793, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɔʁ.ɡan]. Organen is at rank #22,457, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɔʁˈɡaːnən].

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 30250, this pair ranks #1,751,499 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of organe vs Organen

Shared letters: aegnor. Private to "organe": -. Private to "Organen": -.

"organe" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "Organen" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • organe ← ograne · orgaen · organne · orggane · orgnae · orrgane · rogane
  • Organen ← ogranen · orgaenn · organenn · organnen · orgganen · orgnaen · orrganen · roganen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "organe" and "Organen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɔʁ.ɡan] versus [ɔʁˈɡaːnən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "organe" or "Organen"?
"organe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,793 in our German list, against #22,457 for "Organen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "organe" and "Organen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "organe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Organen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,751,499 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "organe" and "Organen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Organen vs Orgien". 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 #1,751,499 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