# Adaption vs adaptive

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Adaption
*noun · IPA [adapˈt͡si̯oːn] · frequency rank #23,404*
Anpassung oder Anpassungsvermögen

### adaptive
*adjective · IPA [adapˈtiːvə] · frequency rank #49,447*
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adaptiv

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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