Which to use
“wahres” and “warmes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,121
- “wahres” frequency rank
- #12,203
- “warmes” frequency rank
- 21324
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wahres | warmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wahr | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs warm |
Where the eye mixes wahres and warmes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. wahres and warmes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: wahres vs warmes
A purely visual mix-up. wahres ([ˈvaːʁəs]) and warmes ([ˈvaʁməs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21324, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wahres is recorded at frequency rank #9,121, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvaːʁəs]. warmes is at rank #12,203, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈvaʁməs].
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 21324, this pair ranks #1,887,611 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wahres vs warmes
Shared letters: aersw. Private to "wahres": h. Private to "warmes": m.
"wahres" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "warmes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "wahres" and "warmes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "wahres" or "warmes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "wahres" and "warmes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "wahres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "warmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,887,611 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wahres" and "warmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "warmes vs wirres". 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 #1,887,611 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.