Which to use
“angesehen” and “angesehenen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,578
- “angesehen” frequency rank
- #23,412
- “angesehenen” frequency rank
- 25990
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | angesehen | angesehenen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | von (vielen) Menschen geschätzt und respektiert | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angesehen |
Where the eye mixes angesehen and angesehenen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses angesehen with angesehenen
A purely visual mix-up. angesehen ([ˈanɡəˌzeːən]) and angesehenen ([ˈanɡəˌzeːənən]) 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) - “angesehen” sits inside “angesehenen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25990, 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]. angesehenen is at rank #23,412, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌzeːənən].
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 25990, this pair ranks #1,824,911 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of angesehen vs angesehenen
Shared letters: aeghns. Private to "angesehen": -. Private to "angesehenen": -.
"angesehen" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "angesehenen" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- angesehen ← agnesehen · anegsehen · angeeshen · angeseehn · angesehenn · angesehhen · angesehne · angesheen
- angesehenen ← agnesehenen · anegsehenen · angeeshenen · angeseehnen · angeseheenn · angesehenenn · angesehenne · angesehennen
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "angesehen" for "angesehenen" ever safe?
Frequency check: "angesehen" vs "angesehenen" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "angesehenen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,824,911 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "angesehen" and "angesehenen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angesehenen 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 #1,824,911 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.