AgentenvsagentsWhich spelling fits?

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“Agenten” and “agents” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,673
“Agenten” frequency rank
#36,776
“agents” frequency rank
45449
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Agenten agents
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Agent Plural des Substantivs agent

Letter map: Agenten vs agents

Shared letters muted; letters that set Agenten and agents apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
Agenten
6 ch
agents

Pair insight - Agenten / agents

Agenten and agents are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45449, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Agenten is recorded at frequency rank #8,673, classified as anoun, pronounced [aˈɡɛntn̩]. agents is at rank #36,776, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 45449, this pair ranks #1,352,642 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Agenten vs agents

Shared letters: aegnt. Private to "Agenten": -. Private to "agents": s.

"Agenten" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC  ·  "agents" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Agentenaegnten · agenetn · agennten · agentenn · agentne · agentten · agetnen · aggenten
  • agentsaegnts · agennts · agenst · agentss · agentts · agetns · aggents · agnets

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Agenten" and "agents" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Agenten" vs "agents" - which ranks higher?
"Agenten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,673 in our German list, against #36,776 for "agents". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Agenten" and "agents". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Agenten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agents" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,352,642 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Agenten" and "agents" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agents vs puzzles". 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 #1,352,642 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list