Which to use
“drastische” and “drastischen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,891
- “drastische” frequency rank
- #29,083
- “drastischen” frequency rank
- 52974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drastische | drastischen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs drastisch | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs drastisch |
Where the eye mixes drastische and drastischen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: drastische vs drastischen
A purely visual mix-up. drastische ([ˈdʁastɪʃə]) and drastischen ([ˈdʁastɪʃn̩]) 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) - “drastische” sits inside “drastischen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drastische is recorded at frequency rank #23,891, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈdʁastɪʃə]. drastischen is at rank #29,083, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈdʁastɪʃn̩].
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 52974, this pair ranks #1,075,973 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of drastische vs drastischen
Shared letters: acdehirst. Private to "drastische": -. Private to "drastischen": n.
"drastische" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCCV · "drastischen" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- drastische ← darstische · ddrastische · drasitsche · drasstische · drasticshe · drastiscche · drastisceh · drastischhe
- drastischen ← darstischen · ddrastischen · drasitschen · drasstischen · drasticshen · drastiscchen · drastiscehn · drastischenn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "drastische" and "drastischen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "drastische" vs "drastischen" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "drastische" and "drastischen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "drastische" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drastischen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,075,973 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drastische" and "drastischen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "drastischen vs drastischer". 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 #1,075,973 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.