AnmeldungenvsAnwendungenTell them apart

Which to use

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

#15,024
“Anmeldungen” frequency rank
#6,627
“Anwendungen” frequency rank
21651
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Anmeldungen Anwendungen
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Anmeldung Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Anwendung

Where the eye mixes Anmeldungen and Anwendungen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. Anmeldungen and Anwendungen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
Anmeldungen
11 ch
Anwendungen

Visual trap between Anmeldungen and Anwendungen

A purely visual mix-up. Anmeldungen ([ˈanmɛldʊŋən]) and Anwendungen ([ˈanvɛndʊŋən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Anmeldungen is recorded at frequency rank #15,024, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈanmɛldʊŋən]. Anwendungen is at rank #6,627, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈanvɛndʊŋən].

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 21651, this pair ranks #1,883,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Anmeldungen vs Anwendungen

Shared letters: adegnu. Private to "Anmeldungen": lm. Private to "Anwendungen": w.

"Anmeldungen" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC  ·  "Anwendungen" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Anmeldungen ← amneldungen · anemldungen · anmedlungen · anmelddungen · anmeldnugen · anmeldugnen · anmeldunegn · anmeldungenn
  • Anwendungen ← anewndungen · annwendungen · anwednungen · anwenddungen · anwendnugen · anwendugnen · anwendunegn · anwendungenn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Anmeldungen" and "Anwendungen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanmɛldʊŋən] versus [ˈanvɛndʊŋən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Anmeldungen" or "Anwendungen"?
"Anwendungen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,627 in our German list, against #15,024 for "Anmeldungen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Anmeldungen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Anwendungen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,883,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Anmeldungen" and "Anwendungen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Anfeindungen vs Anwendungen". 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 #1,883,726 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