berühmtenvsberühmtesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#4,771
“berühmten” frequency rank
#39,243
“berühmtes” frequency rank
44014
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature berühmten berühmtes
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs berühmt Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs berühmt

Where the eye mixes berühmten and berühmtes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
berühmten
9 ch
berühmtes

Visual trap between berühmten and berühmtes

A purely visual mix-up. berühmten ([bəˈʁyːmtn̩]) and berühmtes ([bəˈʁyːmtəs]) 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 “berühmten” becomes s in “berühmtes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44014, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

berühmten is recorded at frequency rank #4,771, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʁyːmtn̩]. berühmtes is at rank #39,243, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʁyːmtəs].

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 44014, this pair ranks #1,399,816 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of berühmten vs berühmtes

Shared letters: behmrtü. Private to "berühmten": n. Private to "berühmtes": s.

"berühmten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC  ·  "berühmtes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "berühmten" for "berühmtes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈʁyːmtn̩] versus [bəˈʁyːmtəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "berühmten" or "berühmtes"?
"berühmten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,771 in our German list, against #39,243 for "berühmtes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "berühmten" and "berühmtes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "berühmten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "berühmtes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,399,816 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "berühmten" and "berühmtes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "berühmtes vs berührten". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,399,816 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