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Which to use

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

#2,580
“ausreichend” frequency rank
#9,853
“ausreichende” frequency rank
12433
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ausreichend ausreichende
Definition genügend, genug Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ausreichend

Where the eye mixes ausreichend and ausreichende

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. ausreichend runs 11 letters (VVCCVVCCVCC) against ausreichende's 12 (VVCCVVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
ausreichend
12 ch
ausreichende

Look-alike desk: ausreichend vs ausreichende

A purely visual mix-up. ausreichend ([ˈaʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯çn̩t]) and ausreichende ([ˈaʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯çn̩də]) 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) - “ausreichend” sits inside “ausreichende”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ausreichend is recorded at frequency rank #2,580, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯çn̩t]. ausreichende is at rank #9,853, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯çn̩də].

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 12433, this pair ranks #1,964,219 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ausreichend vs ausreichende

Shared letters: acdehinrsu. Private to "ausreichend": -. Private to "ausreichende": -.

"ausreichend" · 11 letters · shape VVCCVVCCVCC  ·  "ausreichende" · 12 letters · shape VVCCVVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ausreichend ← asureichend · aurseichend · auserichend · ausrecihend · ausreicchend · ausreicehnd · ausreichedn · ausreichendd
  • ausreichende ← asureichende · aurseichende · auserichende · ausrecihende · ausreicchende · ausreicehnde · ausreichedne · ausreichendde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ausreichend" and "ausreichende" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯çn̩t] versus [ˈaʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯çn̩də]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "ausreichend" or "ausreichende" show up more?
"ausreichend" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,580 in our German list, against #9,853 for "ausreichende". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ausreichend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ausreichende" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,964,219 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ausreichend" and "ausreichende" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ausreichende vs ausreichendes". 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 #1,964,219 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