Which to use
“dreijährige” and “dreijährigen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,248
- “dreijährige” frequency rank
- #26,366
- “dreijährigen” frequency rank
- 53614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dreijährige | dreijährigen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dreijährig | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dreijährig |
Where the eye mixes dreijährige and dreijährigen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. dreijährige ([ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌjɛːʁɪɡə]) and dreijährigen ([ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌjɛːʁɪɡn̩]) 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) - “dreijährige” sits inside “dreijährigen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dreijährige is recorded at frequency rank #27,248, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌjɛːʁɪɡə]. dreijährigen is at rank #26,366, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌjɛːʁɪɡn̩].
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 53614, this pair ranks #1,051,130 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dreijährige vs dreijährigen
Shared letters: deghijrä. Private to "dreijährige": -. Private to "dreijährigen": n.
"dreijährige" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCVCCVCV · "dreijährigen" · 12 letters · shape CCVVCVCCVCVC