angenehmevsangenehmesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#7,860
“angenehme” frequency rank
#23,008
“angenehmes” frequency rank
30868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angenehme angenehmes
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angenehm Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angenehm

Where the eye mixes angenehme and angenehmes

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

9 ch
angenehme
10 ch
angenehmes

Visual trap between angenehme and angenehmes

A purely visual mix-up. angenehme ([ˈanɡəˌneːmə]) and angenehmes ([ˈanɡəˌneːməs]) 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 “angenehmes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30868, 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]. angenehmes is at rank #23,008, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌneːməs].

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 30868, this pair ranks #1,739,518 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of angenehme vs angenehmes

Shared letters: aeghmn. Private to "angenehme": -. Private to "angenehmes": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angenehme ← agnenehme · anegnehme · angeenhme · angenehem · angenehhme · angenehmme · angenemhe · angenheme
  • angenehmes ← agnenehmes · anegnehmes · angeenhmes · angenehems · angenehhmes · angenehmess · angenehmmes · angenehmse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "angenehme" and "angenehmes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌneːmə] versus [ˈanɡəˌneːməs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "angenehme" or "angenehmes" show up more?
"angenehme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,860 in our German list, against #23,008 for "angenehmes". 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 "angenehme" and "angenehmes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "angenehme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angenehmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,739,518 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angenehme" and "angenehmes" 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 #1,739,518 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