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

#7,860
“angenehme” frequency rank
#10,219
“angenehmen” frequency rank
18079
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angenehme angenehmen
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angenehm Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angenehm

Where the eye mixes angenehme and angenehmen

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

9 ch
angenehme
10 ch
angenehmen

Look-alike desk: angenehme vs angenehmen

A purely visual mix-up. angenehme ([ˈanɡəˌneːmə]) and angenehmen ([ˈanɡəˌneːmən]) 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) - “angenehme” sits inside “angenehmen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angenehme is recorded at frequency rank #7,860, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌneːmə]. angenehmen is at rank #10,219, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌneːmən].

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 18079, this pair ranks #1,921,605 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of angenehme vs angenehmen

Shared letters: aeghmn. Private to "angenehme": -. Private to "angenehmen": -.

"angenehme" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV  ·  "angenehmen" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angenehme ← agnenehme · anegnehme · angeenhme · angenehem · angenehhme · angenehmme · angenemhe · angenheme
  • angenehmen ← agnenehmen · anegnehmen · angeenhmen · angenehemn · angenehhmen · angenehmenn · angenehmmen · angenehmne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "angenehme" for "angenehmen" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌneːmə] versus [ˈanɡəˌneːmən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "angenehme" vs "angenehmen" - which ranks higher?
"angenehme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,860 in our German list, against #10,219 for "angenehmen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "angenehme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angenehmen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,921,605 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angenehme" and "angenehmen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angenehme vs annehme". 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 #1,921,605 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