demographischevsdemographischenTell them apart

Which to use

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

#34,583
“demographische” frequency rank
#31,991
“demographischen” frequency rank
66574
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demographische demographischen
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs demographisch Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs demographisch

Where the eye mixes demographische and demographischen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 14 letters in sequence. demographische runs 14 letters (CVCVCCVCCVCCCV) against demographischen's 15 (CVCVCCVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch
demographische
15 ch
demographischen

Visual trap between demographische and demographischen

A purely visual mix-up. demographische ([demoˈɡʁaːfɪʃə]) and demographischen ([demoˈɡʁaːfɪʃn̩]) 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) - “demographische” sits inside “demographischen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demographische is recorded at frequency rank #34,583, classified as anadj, pronounced [demoˈɡʁaːfɪʃə]. 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 66574, this pair ranks #568,613 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of demographische vs demographischen

Shared letters: acdeghimoprs. Private to "demographische": -. Private to "demographischen": n.

"demographische" · 14 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCCCV  ·  "demographischen" · 15 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demographische ← ddemographische · demgoraphische · demmographische · demogarphische · demoggraphische · demograhpische · demographhische · demographicshe
  • demographischen ← ddemographischen · demgoraphischen · demmographischen · demogarphischen · demoggraphischen · demograhpischen · demographhischen · demographicshen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "demographische" for "demographischen" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([demoˈɡʁaːfɪʃə] versus [demoˈɡʁaːfɪʃn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "demographische" or "demographischen"?
"demographischen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,991 in our German list, against #34,583 for "demographische". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "demographische" 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 #568,613 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demographische" and "demographischen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demografischen 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 #568,613 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