Which to use
“blau” and “blaues” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,871
- “blau” frequency rank
- #15,582
- “blaues” frequency rank
- 17453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blau | blaues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine bunte Farbe, im Spektrum eine relativ kurzwellige Farbe zwischen grün und violett; Grundfarbe vieler Farbmodelle, insbesondere eine der drei Grundfarben des digitalen RGB-Farbraums | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blau |
Where the eye mixes blau and blaues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between blau and blaues
A purely visual mix-up. blau ([blaʊ̯]) and blaues ([ˈblaʊ̯əs]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “blau” sits inside “blaues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blau is recorded at frequency rank #1,871, classified as anadj, pronounced [blaʊ̯]. blaues is at rank #15,582, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈblaʊ̯əs].
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 17453, this pair ranks #1,927,266 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of blau vs blaues
Shared letters: ablu. Private to "blau": -. Private to "blaues": es.
"blau" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "blaues" · 6 letters · shape CCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "blau" and "blaues" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "blau" or "blaues" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "blau" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blaues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,927,266 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blau" and "blaues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blaues vs Brauns". 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 #1,927,266 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.