Which to use
“adelige” and “adeligen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,775
- “adelige” frequency rank
- #27,178
- “adeligen” frequency rank
- 63953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adelige | adeligen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig |
Where the eye mixes adelige and adeligen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. adelige runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against adeligen's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: adelige vs adeligen
A purely visual mix-up. adelige ([ˈaːdəlɪɡə]) and adeligen ([ˈaːdəlɪɡn̩]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “adelige” sits inside “adeligen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adelige is recorded at frequency rank #36,775, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaːdəlɪɡə]. adeligen is at rank #27,178, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaːdəlɪɡn̩].
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 63953, this pair ranks #658,532 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adelige vs adeligen
Shared letters: adegil. Private to "adelige": -. Private to "adeligen": n.
"adelige" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "adeligen" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adelige" and "adeligen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "adelige" or "adeligen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "adelige" and "adeligen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adelige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adeligen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #658,532 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adelige" and "adeligen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Adelaide vs adelige". 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 #658,532 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.