dickerevsdickesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#43,808
“dickere” frequency rank
#12,692
“dickes” frequency rank
56500
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dickere dickes
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs dick Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs dick

Where the eye mixes dickere and dickes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dickere runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against dickes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
dickere
6 ch
dickes

Look-alike desk: dickere vs dickes

A purely visual mix-up. dickere ([ˈdɪkəʁə]) and dickes ([ˈdɪkəs]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dickere is recorded at frequency rank #43,808, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈdɪkəʁə]. dickes is at rank #12,692, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈdɪkəs].

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 56500, this pair ranks #937,752 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dickere vs dickes

Shared letters: cdeik. Private to "dickere": r. Private to "dickes": s.

"dickere" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "dickes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dickere ← dcikere · ddickere · dicckere · dicekre · dickeer · dickerre · dickkere · dickree
  • dickes ← dcikes · ddickes · dicckes · diceks · dickess · dickkes · dickse · dikces

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dickere" and "dickes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈdɪkəʁə] versus [ˈdɪkəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dickere" or "dickes"?
"dickes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,692 in our German list, against #43,808 for "dickere". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "dickere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dickes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #937,752 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dickere" and "dickes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dickem vs dickere". 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 #937,752 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