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

#13,998
“aggressiven” frequency rank
#38,560
“aggressives” frequency rank
52558
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aggressiven aggressives
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs aggressiv Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs aggressiv

Where the eye mixes aggressiven and aggressives

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

11 ch
aggressiven
11 ch
aggressives

Look-alike desk: aggressiven vs aggressives

A purely visual mix-up. aggressiven ([aɡʁɛˈsiːvn̩]) and aggressives ([aɡʁɛˈsiːvəs]) 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 - n in “aggressiven” becomes s in “aggressives”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aggressiven is recorded at frequency rank #13,998, classified as anadj, pronounced [aɡʁɛˈsiːvn̩]. aggressives is at rank #38,560, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aɡʁɛˈsiːvəs].

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 52558, this pair ranks #1,092,084 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aggressiven vs aggressives

Shared letters: aegirsv. Private to "aggressiven": n. Private to "aggressives": -.

"aggressiven" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCVC  ·  "aggressives" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aggressivenaggerssiven · aggresisven · aggresiven · aggressievn · aggressivenn · aggressivne · aggressivven · aggressvien
  • aggressivesaggerssives · aggresisves · aggresives · aggressievs · aggressivess · aggressivse · aggressivves · aggressvies

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aggressiven" and "aggressives" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aɡʁɛˈsiːvn̩] versus [aɡʁɛˈsiːvəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "aggressiven" or "aggressives"?
"aggressiven" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,998 in our German list, against #38,560 for "aggressives". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "aggressiven" and "aggressives" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aggressiven" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aggressives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,092,084 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aggressiven" and "aggressives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aggressiver vs aggressives". 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 #1,092,084 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