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

#2,578
“angesehen” frequency rank
#27,186
“angesehene” frequency rank
29764
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angesehen angesehene
Definition von (vielen) Menschen geschätzt und respektiert Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angesehen

Where the eye mixes angesehen and angesehene

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

9 ch
angesehen
10 ch
angesehene

Why the eye confuses angesehen with angesehene

A purely visual mix-up. angesehen ([ˈanɡəˌzeːən]) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “angesehen” sits inside “angesehene”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angesehen is recorded at frequency rank #2,578, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌzeːən]. 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 29764, this pair ranks #1,760,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of angesehen vs angesehene

Shared letters: aeghns. Private to "angesehen": -. Private to "angesehene": -.

"angesehen" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "angesehene" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angesehen ← agnesehen · anegsehen · angeeshen · angeseehn · angesehenn · angesehhen · angesehne · angesheen
  • angesehene ← agnesehene · anegsehene · angeeshene · angeseehne · angeseheen · angesehhene · angesehnee · angesheene

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "angesehen" and "angesehene" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌzeːən] versus [ˈanɡəˌzeːənə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "angesehen" vs "angesehene" - which ranks higher?
"angesehen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,578 in our German list, against #27,186 for "angesehene". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "angesehen" 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 #1,760,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angesehen" 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 #1,760,756 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