ausgewähltenvsausgewählterWhat's the difference?

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

#10,812
“ausgewählten” frequency rank
#29,946
“ausgewählter” frequency rank
40758
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ausgewählten ausgewählter
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ausgewählt Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ausgewählt

Where the eye mixes ausgewählten and ausgewählter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. ausgewählten and ausgewählter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCCVCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
ausgewählten
12 ch
ausgewählter

Why the eye confuses ausgewählten with ausgewählter

A purely visual mix-up. ausgewählten ([ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌvɛːltn̩]) and ausgewählter ([ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌvɛːltɐ]) 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 a single letter - n in “ausgewählten” becomes r in “ausgewählter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ausgewählten is recorded at frequency rank #10,812, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌvɛːltn̩]. ausgewählter is at rank #29,946, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌvɛːltɐ].

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 40758, this pair ranks #1,499,172 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ausgewählten vs ausgewählter

Shared letters: aeghlstuwä. Private to "ausgewählten": n. Private to "ausgewählter": r.

"ausgewählten" · 12 letters · shape VVCCVCVCCCVC  ·  "ausgewählter" · 12 letters · shape VVCCVCVCCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ausgewählten" and "ausgewählter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌvɛːltn̩] versus [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌvɛːltɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ausgewählten" or "ausgewählter"?
"ausgewählten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,812 in our German list, against #29,946 for "ausgewählter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "ausgewählten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ausgewählter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,499,172 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ausgewählten" and "ausgewählter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Auserwählten vs ausgewählten". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,499,172 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