Which to use
“brennende” and “brennender” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,051
- “brennende” frequency rank
- #39,258
- “brennender” frequency rank
- 54309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brennende | brennender |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs brennend | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs brennend |
Where the eye mixes brennende and brennender
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. brennende runs 9 letters (CCVCCVCCV) against brennender's 10 (CCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between brennende and brennender
A purely visual mix-up. brennende ([ˈbʁɛnəndə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “brennende” sits inside “brennender”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brennende is recorded at frequency rank #15,051, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbʁɛnəndə]. 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 54309, this pair ranks #1,023,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of brennende vs brennender
Shared letters: bdenr. Private to "brennende": -. Private to "brennender": -.
"brennende" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV · "brennender" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- brennende ← bbrennende · bernnende · brenende · brenennde · brennedne · brennendde · brennened · brennennde
- brennender ← bbrennender · bernnender · brenender · brenennder · brennedner · brennendder · brennenderr · brennendre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "brennende" for "brennender" ever safe?
Frequency check: "brennende" vs "brennender" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "brennende" and "brennender" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "brennende" 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 #1,023,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brennende" 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 #1,023,892 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.