Which to use
“effektive” and “effektiven” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,416
- “effektive” frequency rank
- #20,224
- “effektiven” frequency rank
- 31640
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effektive | effektiven |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs effektiv |
Where the eye mixes effektive and effektiven
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses effektive with effektiven
A purely visual mix-up. effektive ([ɛfɛkˈtiːvə]) and effektiven ([ɛfɛkˈtiːvn̩]) 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) - “effektive” sits inside “effektiven”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effektive is recorded at frequency rank #11,416, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɛfɛkˈtiːvə]. effektiven is at rank #20,224, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɛfɛkˈtiːvn̩].
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 31640, this pair ranks #1,724,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of effektive vs effektiven
Shared letters: efiktv. Private to "effektive": -. Private to "effektiven": n.
"effektive" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "effektiven" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- effektive ← efefktive · efektive · effekitve · effekktive · effektiev · effektivve · effekttive · effektvie
- effektiven ← efefktiven · efektiven · effekitven · effekktiven · effektievn · effektivenn · effektivne · effektivven
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "effektive" and "effektiven" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "effektive" vs "effektiven" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "effektive" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "effektiven" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,724,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effektive" and "effektiven" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effektiven vs effektives". 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 #1,724,082 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.