Which to use
“repair” and “termine” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,442
- “repair” frequency rank
- #4,469
- “termine” frequency rank
- 47911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repair | termine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Reparatur, Ausbesserung | der Termin |
Letter map: repair vs termine
Shared letters muted; letters that set repair and termine apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. repair runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against termine's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: repair and termine
repair 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 47911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repair is recorded at frequency rank #43,442, 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 47911, this pair ranks #1,267,582 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repair vs termine
Shared letters: eir. Private to "repair": ap. Private to "termine": mnt.
"repair" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "termine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "repair" and "termine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "repair" or "termine" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "repair" and "termine". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "repair" 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 #1,267,582 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repair" and "termine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs repair". 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 #1,267,582 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.