unteresvsuterusTell them apart

Quick tell: unteres is a adjective, uterus is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“unteres” is an adjective and “uterus” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,269
“unteres” frequency rank
#40,916
“uterus” frequency rank
81185
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature unteres uterus
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unter- Gebärmutter, Uterus

Letter map: unteres vs uterus

Shared letters muted; letters that set unteres and uterus apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
unteres
6 ch
uterus

Part-of-speech tell for unteres / uterus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: unteres is anadjective and uterusanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

unteres is recorded at frequency rank #40,269, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʊntəʁəs]. uterus is at rank #40,916, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 81185, this pair ranks #180,652 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of unteres vs uterus

Shared letters: erstu. Private to "unteres": n. Private to "uterus": -.

"unteres" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "uterus" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • unteresnuteres · unetres · unnteres · unteers · unteress · unterres · unterse · untrees
  • uterustuerus · uetrus · uterrus · utersu · uteruss · uteurs · utreus · utterus

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "unteres" and "uterus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "unteres" is an adjective and "uterus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "unteres" or "uterus"?
"unteres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,269 in our German list, against #40,916 for "uterus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "unteres" vs "uterus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "unteres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "uterus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #180,652 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "unteres" and "uterus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs uterus". 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 #180,652 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