warmesvswartenConfusable pair

Quick tell: warmes is a adjective, warten is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“warmes” is an adjective and “warten” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,203
“warmes” frequency rank
#848
“warten” frequency rank
13051
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature warmes warten
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs warm Zeit verstreichen lassen beziehungsweise untätig sein, bis ein bestimmter Zustand eintrifft

Where the eye mixes warmes and warten

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

6 ch
warmes
6 ch
warten

Visual trap between warmes and warten

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: warmes is [ˈvaʁməs] while warten is [ˈvaʁtn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

warmes is recorded at frequency rank #12,203, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvaʁməs]. warten is at rank #848, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈvaʁtn̩].

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 13051, this pair ranks #1,960,427 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of warmes vs warten

Shared letters: aerw. Private to "warmes": ms. Private to "warten": nt.

"warmes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "warten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • warmesawrmes · wamres · warems · warmess · warmmes · warmse · warrmes · wrames
  • wartenawrten · waretn · warrten · wartenn · wartne · wartten · watren · wraten

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "warmes" for "warten" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "warmes" is an adjective and "warten" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "warmes" or "warten"?
"warten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #848 in our German list, against #12,203 for "warmes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "warmes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "warten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,960,427 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "warmes" and "warten" 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 #1,960,427 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