PartnernvspatternTell them apart

Which to use

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

#9,249
“Partnern” frequency rank
#42,727
“pattern” frequency rank
51976
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Partnern pattern
Definition Dativ Plural des Substantivs Partner Vorlage, Modell, Schablone zur Erstellung einer Kopie

Where the eye mixes Partnern and pattern

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
Partnern
7 ch
pattern

Visual trap between Partnern and pattern

A purely visual mix-up. Partnern ([ˈpaʁtnɐn]) and pattern ([pætən]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51976, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Partnern is recorded at frequency rank #9,249, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaʁtnɐn]. pattern is at rank #42,727, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pætən].

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 51976, this pair ranks #1,114,711 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Partnern vs pattern

Shared letters: aenprt. Private to "Partnern": -. Private to "pattern": -.

"Partnern" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC  ·  "pattern" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Partnernaprtnern · parntern · parrtnern · partenrn · partnenr · partnernn · partnerrn · partnnern
  • patternapttern · patern · patetrn · pattenr · patternn · patterrn · pattren · ppattern

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Partnern" for "pattern" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpaʁtnɐn] versus [pætən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Partnern" or "pattern"?
"Partnern" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,249 in our German list, against #42,727 for "pattern". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Partnern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pattern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,114,711 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Partnern" and "pattern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pattern vs platter". 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 #1,114,711 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