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

#15,814
“angegebene” frequency rank
#27,186
“angesehene” frequency rank
43000
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angegebene angesehene
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angegeben Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angesehen

Where the eye mixes angegebene and angesehene

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. angegebene and angesehene follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
angegebene
10 ch
angesehene

Why the eye confuses angegebene with angesehene

A purely visual mix-up. angegebene ([ˈanɡəˌɡeːbənə]) and angesehene ([ˈanɡəˌzeːənə]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43000, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angegebene is recorded at frequency rank #15,814, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌɡeːbənə]. angesehene is at rank #27,186, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌzeːənə].

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 43000, this pair ranks #1,431,723 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of angegebene vs angesehene

Shared letters: aegn. Private to "angegebene": b. Private to "angesehene": hs.

"angegebene" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV  ·  "angesehene" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angegebene ← agnegebene · aneggebene · angeegbene · angegbeene · angegebbene · angegebeen · angegebnee · angegeebne
  • angesehene ← agnesehene · anegsehene · angeeshene · angeseehne · angeseheen · angesehhene · angesehnee · angesheene

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "angegebene" and "angesehene" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌɡeːbənə] versus [ˈanɡəˌzeːənə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "angegebene" vs "angesehene" - which ranks higher?
"angegebene" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,814 in our German list, against #27,186 for "angesehene". 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 "angegebene" and "angesehene" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "angegebene" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angesehene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,431,723 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angegebene" and "angesehene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angesehene vs angesehener". 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 #1,431,723 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