Which to use
“chronische” and “chronischen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,325
- “chronische” frequency rank
- #14,766
- “chronischen” frequency rank
- 30091
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chronische | chronischen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs chronisch | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs chronisch |
Where the eye mixes chronische and chronischen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. chronische runs 10 letters (CCCVCVCCCV) against chronischen's 11 (CCCVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: chronische vs chronischen
A purely visual mix-up. chronische ([ˈkʁoːnɪʃə]) and chronischen ([ˈkʁoːnɪʃn̩]) 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) - “chronische” sits inside “chronischen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chronische is recorded at frequency rank #15,325, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈkʁoːnɪʃə]. chronischen is at rank #14,766, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkʁoːnɪʃn̩].
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 30091, this pair ranks #1,754,605 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chronische vs chronischen
Shared letters: cehinors. Private to "chronische": -. Private to "chronischen": -.
"chronische" · 10 letters · shape CCCVCVCCCV · "chronischen" · 11 letters · shape CCCVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chronische ← cchronische · chhronische · chornische · chrnoische · chroinsche · chronicshe · chroniscche · chronisceh
- chronischen ← cchronischen · chhronischen · chornischen · chrnoischen · chroinschen · chronicshen · chroniscchen · chroniscehn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chronische" for "chronischen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "chronische" or "chronischen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "chronische" and "chronischen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chronische" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chronischen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,754,605 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chronische" and "chronischen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chronischen vs Chronisten". 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 #1,754,605 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.