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

#9,853
“ausreichende” frequency rank
#47,968
“ausreichendem” frequency rank
57821
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ausreichende ausreichendem
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ausreichend Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ausreichend

Where the eye mixes ausreichende and ausreichendem

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. ausreichende runs 12 letters (VVCCVVCCVCCV) against ausreichendem's 13 (VVCCVVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
ausreichende
13 ch
ausreichendem

Look-alike desk: ausreichende vs ausreichendem

A purely visual mix-up. ausreichende ([ˈaʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯çn̩də]) and ausreichendem ([ˈaʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯çn̩dəm]) 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) - “ausreichende” sits inside “ausreichendem”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ausreichende is recorded at frequency rank #9,853, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯çn̩də]. ausreichendem is at rank #47,968, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯çn̩dəm].

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 57821, this pair ranks #886,488 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ausreichende vs ausreichendem

Shared letters: acdehinrsu. Private to "ausreichende": -. Private to "ausreichendem": m.

"ausreichende" · 12 letters · shape VVCCVVCCVCCV  ·  "ausreichendem" · 13 letters · shape VVCCVVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ausreichende ← asureichende · aurseichende · auserichende · ausrecihende · ausreicchende · ausreicehnde · ausreichedne · ausreichendde
  • ausreichendem ← asureichendem · aurseichendem · auserichendem · ausrecihendem · ausreicchendem · ausreicehndem · ausreichednem · ausreichenddem

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ausreichende" and "ausreichendem" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯çn̩də] versus [ˈaʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯çn̩dəm]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "ausreichende" or "ausreichendem" show up more?
"ausreichende" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,853 in our German list, against #47,968 for "ausreichendem". 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 "ausreichende" and "ausreichendem" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ausreichende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ausreichendem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #886,488 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ausreichende" and "ausreichendem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ausreichendem 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 #886,488 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