AngabevsÄngsteConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#4,485
“Angabe” frequency rank
#7,704
“Ängste” frequency rank
12189
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Angabe Ängste
Definition Aussage, Behauptung, Deklaration, Information Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Angst

Where the eye mixes Angabe and Ängste

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Angabe
6 ch
Ängste

Why the eye confuses Angabe with Ängste

A purely visual mix-up. Angabe ([ˈanˌɡaːbə]) and Ängste ([ˈɛŋstə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Angabe is recorded at frequency rank #4,485, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈanˌɡaːbə]. Ängste is at rank #7,704, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɛŋstə].

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 12189, this pair ranks #1,965,646 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Angabe vs Ängste

Shared letters: egn. Private to "Angabe": ab. Private to "Ängste": stä.

"Angabe" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "Ängste" · 6 letters · shape VCCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Angabeagnabe · anagbe · angabbe · angaeb · angbae · anggabe · anngabe · nagabe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Angabe" and "Ängste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanˌɡaːbə] versus [ˈɛŋstə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Angabe" or "Ängste" show up more?
"Angabe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,485 in our German list, against #7,704 for "Ängste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Angabe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ängste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,965,646 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Angabe" and "Ängste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ängste vs ärmste". 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 #1,965,646 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