angenehmvsangenehmerWhich spelling fits?

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

#4,095
“angenehm” frequency rank
#10,220
“angenehmer” frequency rank
14315
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angenehm angenehmer
Definition gefühlsmäßig positiv empfundene Eigenschaft einer Person oder Sache Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs angenehm

Where the eye mixes angenehm and angenehmer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
angenehm
10 ch
angenehmer

Look-alike desk: angenehm vs angenehmer

A purely visual mix-up. angenehm ([ˈanɡəˌneːm]) and angenehmer ([ˈanɡəˌneːmɐ]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “angenehm” sits inside “angenehmer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angenehm is recorded at frequency rank #4,095, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌneːm]. angenehmer is at rank #10,220, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌneːmɐ].

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 14315, this pair ranks #1,952,055 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of angenehm vs angenehmer

Shared letters: aeghmn. Private to "angenehm": -. Private to "angenehmer": r.

"angenehm" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC  ·  "angenehmer" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angenehmagnenehm · anegnehm · angeenhm · angenehhm · angenehmm · angenemh · angenhem · angennehm
  • angenehmeragnenehmer · anegnehmer · angeenhmer · angenehemr · angenehhmer · angenehmerr · angenehmmer · angenehmre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "angenehm" and "angenehmer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌneːm] versus [ˈanɡəˌneːmɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "angenehm" vs "angenehmer" - which ranks higher?
"angenehm" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,095 in our German list, against #10,220 for "angenehmer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "angenehm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angenehmer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,952,055 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angenehm" and "angenehmer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angenehmer vs angenehmes". 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 #1,952,055 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