Which to use
“route” and “Router” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,299
- “route” frequency rank
- #9,799
- “Router” frequency rank
- 15098
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | route | Router |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Straße, Landstraße | Gerät, welches mehrere Netzwerke verbinden oder trennen kann |
Where the eye mixes route and Router
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between route and Router
A purely visual mix-up. route ([ʁut]) and Router ([ˈʁuːtɐ]) 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) - “route” sits inside “Router”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15098, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
route is recorded at frequency rank #5,299, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʁut]. Router is at rank #9,799, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁuːtɐ].
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 15098, this pair ranks #1,946,408 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of route vs Router
Shared letters: eortu. Private to "route": -. Private to "Router": -.
"route" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Router" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "route" and "Router" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "route" vs "Router" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "route" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Router" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,946,408 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "route" and "Router" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rotor vs Router". 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 #1,946,408 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.