Which to use
“ausgehend” is a verb and “ausgehenden” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,146
- “ausgehend” frequency rank
- #17,817
- “ausgehenden” frequency rank
- 26963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ausgehend | ausgehenden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens des Verbs ausgehen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ausgehend |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set ausgehend and ausgehenden apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
ausgehend and ausgehenden form a confusable pair in the German index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ausgehend” sits inside “ausgehenden” - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ausgehend is recorded at frequency rank #9,146, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌɡeːənt]. ausgehenden is at rank #17,817, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌɡeːəndn̩].
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 26963, this pair ranks #1,809,501 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering ausgehend vs ausgehenden
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