Which to use
“Adlige” is a noun and “adligen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,163
- “Adlige” frequency rank
- #23,819
- “adligen” frequency rank
- 59982
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Adlige | adligen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | weibliche Angehörige des Adels | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adlig |
Where the eye mixes Adlige and adligen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Adlige vs adligen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Adlige is [ˈaːdlɪɡə] while adligen is [ˈaːdlɪɡn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Adlige” sits inside “adligen”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Adlige is recorded at frequency rank #36,163, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaːdlɪɡə]. adligen is at rank #23,819, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaːdlɪɡn̩].
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 59982, this pair ranks #804,039 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Adlige vs adligen
Shared letters: adegil. Private to "Adlige": -. Private to "adligen": n.
"Adlige" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "adligen" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Adlige" and "adligen" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "Adlige" or "adligen"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Adlige" and "adligen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Adlige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adligen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #804,039 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Adlige" and "adligen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adelige vs Adlige". 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 #804,039 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.