SpielerinvsSpielernWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#23,317
“Spielerin” frequency rank
#5,313
“Spielern” frequency rank
28630
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Spielerin Spielern
Definition weibliche Person, die in einem Ballsport gegen jemand anderen oder eine andere Mannschaft antritt; des Weiteren eine Frau, die an einem Brett-, Würfel, Kartenspiel oder einem ähnlichen Gesellschaftsspiel teilnimmt. Dativ Plural des Substantivs Spieler

Where the eye mixes Spielerin and Spielern

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
Spielerin
8 ch
Spielern

Look-alike desk: Spielerin vs Spielern

A purely visual mix-up. Spielerin ([ˈʃpiːləʁɪn]) and Spielern ([ˈʃpiːlɐn]) 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 28630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Spielerin is recorded at frequency rank #23,317, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃpiːləʁɪn]. Spielern is at rank #5,313, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃpiːlɐn].

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 28630, this pair ranks #1,781,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Spielerin vs Spielern

Shared letters: eilnprs. Private to "Spielerin": -. Private to "Spielern": -.

"Spielerin" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCVCVC  ·  "Spielern" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Spielerinpsielerin · sipelerin · speilerin · spieelrin · spieleirn · spielerinn · spielerni · spielerrin
  • Spielernpsielern · sipelern · speilern · spieelrn · spielenr · spielernn · spielerrn · spiellern

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Spielerin" and "Spielern" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʃpiːləʁɪn] versus [ˈʃpiːlɐn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Spielerin" or "Spielern" show up more?
"Spielern" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,313 in our German list, against #23,317 for "Spielerin". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Spielerin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Spielern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,781,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Spielerin" and "Spielern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Spielereien vs Spielerin". 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 #1,781,360 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