Which to use
“röhren” and “ruhen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,027
- “röhren” frequency rank
- #8,268
- “ruhen” frequency rank
- 27295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | röhren | ruhen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (laut) weinen | sich erholen, eine Pause machen |
Where the eye mixes röhren and ruhen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. röhren runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against ruhen's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between röhren and ruhen
A purely visual mix-up. röhren ([ˈʁøːʁən]) and ruhen ([ˈʁuːən]) 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 27295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
röhren is recorded at frequency rank #19,027, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʁøːʁən]. ruhen is at rank #8,268, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʁuːən].
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 27295, this pair ranks #1,804,099 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of röhren vs ruhen
Shared letters: ehnr. Private to "röhren": ö. Private to "ruhen": u.
"röhren" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "ruhen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ruhen ← rhuen · rruhen · ruehn · ruhenn · ruhhen · ruhne · urhen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "röhren" and "ruhen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "röhren" vs "ruhen" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "röhren" and "ruhen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "röhren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ruhen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,804,099 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "röhren" and "ruhen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "röhren vs rühmen". 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 #1,804,099 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.