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

#9,255
“Sammler” frequency rank
#41,440
“Sammlern” frequency rank
50695
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sammler Sammlern
Definition Person, die Gegenstände einer bestimmten Art (z. B. Münzen, Briefmarken, Karten) sammelt, meist als Hobby Dativ Plural des Substantivs Sammler

Where the eye mixes Sammler and Sammlern

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Sammler runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against Sammlern's 8 (CVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Sammler
8 ch
Sammlern

Look-alike desk: Sammler vs Sammlern

A purely visual mix-up. Sammler ([ˈzamlɐ]) and Sammlern ([ˈzamlɐn]) 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) - “Sammler” sits inside “Sammlern”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sammler is recorded at frequency rank #9,255, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈzamlɐ]. Sammlern is at rank #41,440, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈzamlɐn].

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 50695, this pair ranks #1,164,000 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Sammler vs Sammlern

Shared letters: aelmrs. Private to "Sammler": -. Private to "Sammlern": n.

"Sammler" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "Sammlern" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Sammler ← asmmler · samler · samlmer · sammelr · sammlerr · sammller · sammlre · smamler
  • Sammlern ← asmmlern · samlern · samlmern · sammelrn · sammlenr · sammlernn · sammlerrn · sammllern

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Sammler" and "Sammlern" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈzamlɐ] versus [ˈzamlɐn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Sammler" or "Sammlern" show up more?
"Sammler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,255 in our German list, against #41,440 for "Sammlern". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sammler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sammlern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,164,000 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sammler" and "Sammlern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sammle vs Sammlern". 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 #1,164,000 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