Which to use
“allgemeine” and “allgemeinen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,755
- “allgemeine” frequency rank
- #1,534
- “allgemeinen” frequency rank
- 3289
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allgemeine | allgemeinen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein |
Where the eye mixes allgemeine and allgemeinen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. allgemeine ([ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nə]) and allgemeinen ([ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nən]) 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) - “allgemeine” sits inside “allgemeinen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3289, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allgemeine is recorded at frequency rank #1,755, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nə]. allgemeinen is at rank #1,534, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nən].
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 3289, this pair ranks #2,000,524 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of allgemeine vs allgemeinen
Shared letters: aegilmn. Private to "allgemeine": -. Private to "allgemeinen": -.
"allgemeine" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCV · "allgemeinen" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- allgemeine ← algemeine · alglemeine · allegmeine · allgeemine · allgemeien · allgemenie · allgemiene · allgemmeine
- allgemeinen ← algemeinen · alglemeinen · allegmeinen · allgeeminen · allgemeienn · allgemeinenn · allgemeinne · allgemeinnen