Which to use
“brennend” and “brennender” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,490
- “brennend” frequency rank
- #39,258
- “brennender” frequency rank
- 69748
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brennend | brennender |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit Feuer in Kontakt sein, in Flammen stehend | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brennend |
Where the eye mixes brennend and brennender
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. brennend runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCC) against brennender's 10 (CCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: brennend vs brennender
A purely visual mix-up. brennend ([ˈbʁɛnənt]) and brennender ([ˈbʁɛnəndɐ]) 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) - “brennend” sits inside “brennender”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brennend is recorded at frequency rank #30,490, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbʁɛnənt]. brennender is at rank #39,258, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbʁɛnəndɐ].
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 69748, this pair ranks #467,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of brennend vs brennender
Shared letters: bdenr. Private to "brennend": -. Private to "brennender": -.
"brennend" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "brennender" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- brennend ← bbrennend · bernnend · brenend · brenennd · brennedn · brennendd · brennennd · brennned
- brennender ← bbrennender · bernnender · brenender · brenennder · brennedner · brennendder · brennenderr · brennendre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "brennend" for "brennender" ever safe?
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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 "brennend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brennender" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #467,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brennend" and "brennender" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brennender vs brennendes". 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 #467,124 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.