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

#5,058
“bayerische” frequency rank
#14,015
“bayerischer” frequency rank
19073
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bayerische bayerischer
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bayerisch Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bayerisch

Where the eye mixes bayerische and bayerischer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. bayerische runs 10 letters (CVVVCVCCCV) against bayerischer's 11 (CVVVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
bayerische
11 ch
bayerischer

Look-alike desk: bayerische vs bayerischer

A purely visual mix-up. bayerische ([ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃə]) and bayerischer ([ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃɐ]) 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) - “bayerische” sits inside “bayerischer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bayerische is recorded at frequency rank #5,058, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃə]. bayerischer is at rank #14,015, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃɐ].

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 19073, this pair ranks #1,912,092 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bayerische vs bayerischer

Shared letters: abcehirsy. Private to "bayerische": -. Private to "bayerischer": -.

"bayerische" · 10 letters · shape CVVVCVCCCV  ·  "bayerischer" · 11 letters · shape CVVVCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bayerische ← abyerische · baeyrische · bayeirsche · bayericshe · bayeriscche · bayerisceh · bayerischhe · bayerishce
  • bayerischer ← abyerischer · baeyrischer · bayeirscher · bayericsher · bayerisccher · bayeriscehr · bayerischerr · bayerischher

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bayerische" and "bayerischer" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃə] versus [ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "bayerische" or "bayerischer" show up more?
"bayerische" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,058 in our German list, against #14,015 for "bayerischer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "bayerische" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bayerischer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,912,092 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bayerische" and "bayerischer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bayerischer vs bayrischer". 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 #1,912,092 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