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

#30,438
“angesprochene” frequency rank
#21,157
“angesprochenen” frequency rank
51595
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angesprochene angesprochenen
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angesprochen Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angesprochen

Where the eye mixes angesprochene and angesprochenen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence.

13 ch
angesprochene
14 ch
angesprochenen

Why the eye confuses angesprochene with angesprochenen

A purely visual mix-up. angesprochene ([ˈanɡəˌʃpʁɔxənə]) and angesprochenen ([ˈanɡəˌʃpʁɔxənən]) 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) - “angesprochene” sits inside “angesprochenen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angesprochene is recorded at frequency rank #30,438, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌʃpʁɔxənə]. 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 51595, this pair ranks #1,129,465 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of angesprochene vs angesprochenen

Shared letters: aceghnoprs. Private to "angesprochene": -. Private to "angesprochenen": -.

"angesprochene" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCCVCV  ·  "angesprochenen" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angesprocheneagnesprochene · anegsprochene · angepsrochene · angesporchene · angespprochene · angesprcohene · angesprocchene · angesprocehne
  • angesprochenenagnesprochenen · anegsprochenen · angepsrochenen · angesporchenen · angespprochenen · angesprcohenen · angesprocchenen · angesprocehnen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "angesprochene" and "angesprochenen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌʃpʁɔxənə] versus [ˈanɡəˌʃpʁɔxənən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "angesprochene" or "angesprochenen"?
"angesprochenen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,157 in our German list, against #30,438 for "angesprochene". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "angesprochene" and "angesprochenen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "angesprochene" 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 #1,129,465 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angesprochene" and "angesprochenen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angesprochene vs ausgesprochene". 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 #1,129,465 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