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Which to use

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

#20,787
“warmer” frequency rank
#12,203
“warmes” frequency rank
32990
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature warmer warmes
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs warm Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs warm

Where the eye mixes warmer and warmes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
warmer
6 ch
warmes

Look-alike desk: warmer vs warmes

A purely visual mix-up. warmer ([ˈvaʁmɐ]) 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 a single letter - r in “warmer” becomes s in “warmes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32990, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

warmer is recorded at frequency rank #20,787, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvaʁmɐ]. 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 32990, this pair ranks #1,695,692 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of warmer vs warmes

Shared letters: aemrw. Private to "warmer": -. Private to "warmes": s.

"warmer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "warmes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • warmerawrmer · wamrer · waremr · warmerr · warmmer · warmre · warrmer · wramer
  • warmesawrmes · wamres · warems · warmess · warmmes · warmse · warrmes · wrames

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "warmer" and "warmes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈvaʁmɐ] versus [ˈvaʁməs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "warmer" or "warmes"?
"warmes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,203 in our German list, against #20,787 for "warmer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "warmer" 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 #1,695,692 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "warmer" and "warmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "warmer vs Würmern". 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 #1,695,692 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