Which to use
“absehen” and “angehen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,726
- “absehen” frequency rank
- #6,757
- “angehen” frequency rank
- 33483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | absehen | angehen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (zukünftige Ereignisse) voraussehen | ein Gerät zum Laufen bringen, einschalten |
Where the eye mixes absehen and angehen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. absehen and angehen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: absehen vs angehen
A purely visual mix-up. absehen ([ˈapˌz̥eːən]) and angehen ([ˈanˌɡeːən]) 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 33483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
absehen is recorded at frequency rank #26,726, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈapˌz̥eːən]. angehen is at rank #6,757, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈanˌɡeːən].
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 33483, this pair ranks #1,685,033 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of absehen vs angehen
Shared letters: aehn. Private to "absehen": bs. Private to "angehen": g.
"absehen" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "angehen" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "absehen" for "angehen" ever safe?
Frequency check: "absehen" vs "angehen" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "absehen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angehen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,685,033 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "absehen" and "angehen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abdrehen vs absehen". 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 #1,685,033 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.