Which to use
“speichern” is a verb and “Speicherung” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,784
- “speichern” frequency rank
- #17,137
- “Speicherung” frequency rank
- 25921
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | speichern | Speicherung |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | einen Vorrat von etwas anlegen, damit man etwas zur Verfügung hat | Handlung, Vorgang, etwas zu aufzubewahren, einzulagern oder zu sichern |
Where the eye mixes speichern and Speicherung
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. speichern runs 9 letters (CCVVCCVCC) against Speicherung's 11 (CCVVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between speichern and Speicherung
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: speichern is [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐn] while Speicherung is [ˈʃpaɪ̯çəʁʊŋ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25921, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
speichern is recorded at frequency rank #8,784, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐn]. Speicherung is at rank #17,137, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃpaɪ̯çəʁʊŋ].
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 25921, this pair ranks #1,825,965 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of speichern vs Speicherung
Shared letters: cehinprs. Private to "speichern": -. Private to "Speicherung": gu.
"speichern" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC · "Speicherung" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- speichern ← pseichern · sepichern · specihern · speicchern · speicehrn · speichenr · speichernn · speicherrn
- Speicherung ← pseicherung · sepicherung · speciherung · speiccherung · speicehrung · speichernug · speicherrung · speicherugn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "speichern" and "Speicherung" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "speichern" or "Speicherung" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "speichern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Speicherung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,825,965 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "speichern" and "Speicherung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Speichen vs speichern". 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 #1,825,965 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.