angeborenvsangeboreneTell them apart

Which to use

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

#42,331
“angeboren” frequency rank
#33,429
“angeborene” frequency rank
75760
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angeboren angeborene
Definition schon bei Geburt vorhanden Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angeboren

Where the eye mixes angeboren and angeborene

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. angeboren runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against angeborene's 10 (VCCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
angeboren
10 ch
angeborene

Why the eye confuses angeboren with angeborene

A purely visual mix-up. angeboren ([ˈanɡəˌboːʁən]) and angeborene ([ˈanɡəˌboːʁənə]) 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) - “angeboren” sits inside “angeborene”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angeboren is recorded at frequency rank #42,331, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌboːʁən]. angeborene is at rank #33,429, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌboːʁənə].

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 75760, this pair ranks #300,055 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of angeboren vs angeborene

Shared letters: abegnor. Private to "angeboren": -. Private to "angeborene": -.

"angeboren" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "angeborene" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angeboren ← agneboren · anegboren · angbeoren · angebboren · angeboern · angeborenn · angeborne · angeborren
  • angeborene ← agneborene · anegborene · angbeorene · angebborene · angeboerne · angeboreen · angeborenne · angebornee

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "angeboren" and "angeborene" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌboːʁən] versus [ˈanɡəˌboːʁənə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "angeboren" or "angeborene" show up more?
"angeborene" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,429 in our German list, against #42,331 for "angeboren". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "angeboren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angeborene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #300,055 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angeboren" and "angeborene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angeboren vs Angebotes". 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 #300,055 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