Which to use
“allgemeine” and “allgemeines” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,755
- “allgemeine” frequency rank
- #7,434
- “allgemeines” frequency rank
- 9189
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allgemeine | allgemeines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs allgemein |
Where the eye mixes allgemeine and allgemeines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. allgemeine ([ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nə]) and allgemeines ([ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nəs]) 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 “allgemeines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9189, 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]. allgemeines is at rank #7,434, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nəs].
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 9189, this pair ranks #1,981,056 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of allgemeine vs allgemeines
Shared letters: aegilmn. Private to "allgemeine": -. Private to "allgemeines": s.
"allgemeine" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCV · "allgemeines" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- allgemeine ← algemeine · alglemeine · allegmeine · allgeemine · allgemeien · allgemenie · allgemiene · allgemmeine
- allgemeines ← algemeines · alglemeines · allegmeines · allgeemines · allgemeiens · allgemeiness · allgemeinnes · allgemeinse