Which to use
“angesprochen” is a verb and “angesprochenen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,701
- “angesprochen” frequency rank
- #21,157
- “angesprochenen” frequency rank
- 24858
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | angesprochen | angesprochenen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs ansprechen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angesprochen |
Where the eye mixes angesprochen and angesprochenen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: angesprochen vs angesprochenen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angesprochen is [ˈanɡəˌʃpʁɔxn̩] while angesprochenen is [ˈanɡəˌʃpʁɔxənən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “angesprochen” sits inside “angesprochenen”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
angesprochen is recorded at frequency rank #3,701, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌʃpʁɔxn̩]. angesprochenen is at rank #21,157, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌʃpʁɔxənən].
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 24858, this pair ranks #1,841,629 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of angesprochen vs angesprochenen
Shared letters: aceghnoprs. Private to "angesprochen": -. Private to "angesprochenen": -.
"angesprochen" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCCVC · "angesprochenen" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- angesprochen ← agnesprochen · anegsprochen · angepsrochen · angesporchen · angespprochen · angesprcohen · angesprocchen · angesprocehn
- angesprochenen ← agnesprochenen · anegsprochenen · angepsrochenen · angesporchenen · angespprochenen · angesprcohenen · angesprocchenen · angesprocehnen
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "angesprochen" and "angesprochenen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "angesprochen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angesprochenen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,841,629 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "angesprochen" and "angesprochenen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angesprochene vs angesprochenen". 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 #1,841,629 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.