Which to use
“drohenden” is an adjective and “Drohungen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,043
- “drohenden” frequency rank
- #10,838
- “Drohungen” frequency rank
- 24881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drohenden | Drohungen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs drohend | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Drohung |
Where the eye mixes drohenden and Drohungen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. drohenden and Drohungen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses drohenden with Drohungen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: drohenden is [ˈdʁoːəndn̩] while Drohungen is [ˈdʁoːʊŋən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drohenden is recorded at frequency rank #14,043, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈdʁoːəndn̩]. Drohungen is at rank #10,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈdʁoːʊŋən].
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 24881, this pair ranks #1,841,286 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of drohenden vs Drohungen
Shared letters: dehnor. Private to "drohenden": -. Private to "Drohungen": gu.
"drohenden" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC · "Drohungen" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "drohenden" for "Drohungen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "drohenden" or "Drohungen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "drohenden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Drohungen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,841,286 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drohenden" and "Drohungen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Drehungen vs Drohungen". 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 #1,841,286 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.