bayerischervsbayerischesWhat's the difference?

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

#14,015
“bayerischer” frequency rank
#26,324
“bayerisches” frequency rank
40339
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bayerischer bayerisches
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bayerisch Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bayerisch

Where the eye mixes bayerischer and bayerisches

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. bayerischer and bayerisches follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVVCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
bayerischer
11 ch
bayerisches

Why the eye confuses bayerischer with bayerisches

A purely visual mix-up. bayerischer ([ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃɐ]) and bayerisches ([ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃəs]) 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 - r in “bayerischer” becomes s in “bayerisches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40339, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bayerischer is recorded at frequency rank #14,015, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃɐ]. bayerisches is at rank #26,324, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃəs].

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 40339, this pair ranks #1,511,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bayerischer vs bayerisches

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

"bayerischer" · 11 letters · shape CVVVCVCCCVC  ·  "bayerisches" · 11 letters · shape CVVVCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bayerischer ← abyerischer · baeyrischer · bayeirscher · bayericsher · bayerisccher · bayeriscehr · bayerischerr · bayerischher
  • bayerisches ← abyerisches · baeyrisches · bayeirsches · bayericshes · bayeriscches · bayeriscehs · bayerischess · bayerischhes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bayerischer" and "bayerisches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃɐ] versus [ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "bayerischer" or "bayerisches" show up more?
"bayerischer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,015 in our German list, against #26,324 for "bayerisches". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bayerischer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bayerisches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,511,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bayerischer" and "bayerisches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bayerisches 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 #1,511,325 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