warmvswarmesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,569
“warm” frequency rank
#12,203
“warmes” frequency rank
14772
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature warm warmes
Definition von hoher Temperatur (zwischen lau und heiß) Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs warm

Where the eye mixes warm and warmes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
warm
6 ch
warmes

Visual trap between warm and warmes

A purely visual mix-up. warm ([vaʁm]) 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 differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “warm” sits inside “warmes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

warm is recorded at frequency rank #2,569, classified as anadj, pronounced [vaʁm]. 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 14772, this pair ranks #1,948,859 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of warm vs warmes

Shared letters: amrw. Private to "warm": -. Private to "warmes": es.

"warm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "warmes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • warmawrm · wamr · warmm · warrm · wram · wwarm
  • warmesawrmes · wamres · warems · warmess · warmmes · warmse · warrmes · wrames

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "warm" and "warmes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([vaʁm] versus [ˈvaʁməs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "warm" vs "warmes" - which ranks higher?
"warm" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,569 in our German list, against #12,203 for "warmes". 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 "warm" and "warmes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "warm" 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 #1,948,859 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "warm" 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 #1,948,859 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