Which to use
“partner” and “Partnern” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,366
- “partner” frequency rank
- #9,249
- “Partnern” frequency rank
- 10615
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partner | Partnern |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personen oder Institutionen, die gemeinsam ein Ziel verfolgen; Partner | Dativ Plural des Substantivs Partner |
Where the eye mixes partner and Partnern
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: partner vs Partnern
A purely visual mix-up. partner ([ˈpartnɛr]) and Partnern ([ˈpaʁtnɐn]) 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) - “partner” sits inside “Partnern”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
partner is recorded at frequency rank #1,366, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpartnɛr]. Partnern is at rank #9,249, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaʁtnɐn].
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 10615, this pair ranks #1,974,246 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of partner vs Partnern
Shared letters: aenprt. Private to "partner": -. Private to "Partnern": -.
"partner" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "Partnern" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "partner" and "Partnern" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "partner" or "Partnern"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "partner" and "Partnern" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "partner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Partnern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,974,246 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "partner" and "Partnern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Partnern vs pattern". 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 #1,974,246 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.