Which to use
“dauerhaft” and “dauerhaftes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,257
- “dauerhaft” frequency rank
- #39,883
- “dauerhaftes” frequency rank
- 44140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dauerhaft | dauerhaftes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lange anhaltend; auf Dauer | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dauerhaft |
Where the eye mixes dauerhaft and dauerhaftes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. dauerhaft runs 9 letters (CVVVCCVCC) against dauerhaftes's 11 (CVVVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dauerhaft vs dauerhaftes
A purely visual mix-up. dauerhaft ([ˈdaʊ̯ɐhaft]) and dauerhaftes ([ˈdaʊ̯ɐhaftəs]) 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) - “dauerhaft” sits inside “dauerhaftes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dauerhaft is recorded at frequency rank #4,257, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈdaʊ̯ɐhaft]. dauerhaftes is at rank #39,883, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈdaʊ̯ɐhaftəs].
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 44140, this pair ranks #1,395,733 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dauerhaft vs dauerhaftes
Shared letters: adefhrtu. Private to "dauerhaft": -. Private to "dauerhaftes": s.
"dauerhaft" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCCVCC · "dauerhaftes" · 11 letters · shape CVVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dauerhaft ← aduerhaft · daeurhaft · dauehraft · dauerahft · dauerhafft · dauerhaftt · dauerhatf · dauerhfat
- dauerhaftes ← aduerhaftes · daeurhaftes · dauehraftes · dauerahftes · dauerhafets · dauerhafftes · dauerhaftess · dauerhaftse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dauerhaft" for "dauerhaftes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dauerhaft" vs "dauerhaftes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dauerhaft" and "dauerhaftes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dauerhaft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dauerhaftes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,395,733 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dauerhaft" and "dauerhaftes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dauerhafter vs dauerhaftes". 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 #1,395,733 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.