Which to use
“absehen” and “ansehen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,726
- “absehen” frequency rank
- #1,758
- “ansehen” frequency rank
- 28484
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | absehen | ansehen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (zukünftige Ereignisse) voraussehen | den Blick bewusst auf etwas oder jemanden richten |
Where the eye mixes absehen and ansehen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. absehen and ansehen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses absehen with ansehen
A purely visual mix-up. absehen ([ˈapˌz̥eːən]) and ansehen ([ˈanˌzeːən]) 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 - b in “absehen” becomes n in “ansehen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28484, 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]. ansehen is at rank #1,758, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈanˌzeːən].
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 28484, this pair ranks #1,783,927 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of absehen vs ansehen
Shared letters: aehns. Private to "absehen": b. Private to "ansehen": -.
"absehen" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "ansehen" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "absehen" and "ansehen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "absehen" vs "ansehen" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "absehen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ansehen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,783,927 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "absehen" and "ansehen" 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 #1,783,927 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.