Which to use
“brauchbar” and “brauchbare” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,917
- “brauchbar” frequency rank
- #21,555
- “brauchbare” frequency rank
- 43472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brauchbar | brauchbare |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | für etwas geeignet | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brauchbar |
Where the eye mixes brauchbar and brauchbare
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: brauchbar vs brauchbare
A purely visual mix-up. brauchbar ([ˈbʁaʊ̯xbaːɐ̯]) and brauchbare ([ˈbʁaʊ̯xbaːʁə]) 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) - “brauchbar” sits inside “brauchbare”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brauchbar is recorded at frequency rank #21,917, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbʁaʊ̯xbaːɐ̯]. brauchbare is at rank #21,555, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbʁaʊ̯xbaːʁə].
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 43472, this pair ranks #1,416,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of brauchbar vs brauchbare
Shared letters: abchru. Private to "brauchbar": -. Private to "brauchbare": e.
"brauchbar" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCCVC · "brauchbare" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- brauchbar ← baruchbar · bbrauchbar · bracuhbar · braucbhar · braucchbar · brauchabr · brauchbarr · brauchbbar
- brauchbare ← baruchbare · bbrauchbare · bracuhbare · braucbhare · braucchbare · brauchabre · brauchbaer · brauchbarre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "brauchbar" for "brauchbare" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "brauchbar" or "brauchbare" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "brauchbar" and "brauchbare" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "brauchbar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brauchbare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,416,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brauchbar" and "brauchbare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brauchbar vs brauchbaren". 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 #1,416,975 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.