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“demografischen” and “demographischen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,074
“demografischen” frequency rank
#31,991
“demographischen” frequency rank
61065
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demografischen demographischen
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs demografisch Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs demographisch

Same sound, different letters: demografischen vs demographischen

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. demografischen runs 14 letters (CVCVCCVCVCCCVC) against demographischen's 15 (CVCVCCVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch
demografischen
15 ch
demographischen

Same sound, different spelling - demografischen / demographischen

This is the hard kind. demografischen and demographischen are pronounced identically ([demoˈɡʁaːfɪʃn̩]) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demografischen is recorded at frequency rank #29,074, classified as anadj, pronounced [demoˈɡʁaːfɪʃn̩]. demographischen is at rank #31,991, tagged as anadj, pronounced [demoˈɡʁaːfɪʃn̩].

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 61065, this pair ranks #763,586 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of demografischen vs demographischen

Shared letters: acdeghimnors. Private to "demografischen": f. Private to "demographischen": p.

"demografischen" · 14 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCCCVC  ·  "demographischen" · 15 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demografischen ← ddemografischen · demgorafischen · demmografischen · demogarfischen · demoggrafischen · demograffischen · demograficshen · demografiscchen
  • demographischen ← ddemographischen · demgoraphischen · demmographischen · demogarphischen · demoggraphischen · demograhpischen · demographhischen · demographicshen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "demografischen" for "demographischen" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same ([demoˈɡʁaːfɪʃn̩]), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "demografischen" or "demographischen"?
"demografischen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,074 in our German list, against #31,991 for "demographischen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "demografischen" / "demographischen". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "demografischen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demographischen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #763,586 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demografischen" and "demographischen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demographische vs demographischen". 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 #763,586 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list