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

#23,901
“einfachere” frequency rank
#31,517
“einfacheren” frequency rank
55418
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature einfachere einfacheren
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs einfach Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs einfach

Where the eye mixes einfachere and einfacheren

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

10 ch
einfachere
11 ch
einfacheren

Look-alike desk: einfachere vs einfacheren

A purely visual mix-up. einfachere ([ˈaɪ̯nfaxəʁə]) and einfacheren ([ˈaɪ̯nfaxəʁən]) 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) - “einfachere” sits inside “einfacheren”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

einfachere is recorded at frequency rank #23,901, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nfaxəʁə]. einfacheren is at rank #31,517, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nfaxəʁən].

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 55418, this pair ranks #980,334 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of einfachere vs einfacheren

Shared letters: acefhinr. Private to "einfachere": -. Private to "einfacheren": -.

"einfachere" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCV  ·  "einfacheren" · 11 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • einfachereeifnachere · einafchere · einfacchere · einfacehre · einfacheer · einfacherre · einfachhere · einfachree
  • einfachereneifnacheren · einafcheren · einfaccheren · einfacehren · einfacheern · einfacherenn · einfacherne · einfacherren

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "einfachere" for "einfacheren" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɪ̯nfaxəʁə] versus [ˈaɪ̯nfaxəʁən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "einfachere" vs "einfacheren" - which ranks higher?
"einfachere" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,901 in our German list, against #31,517 for "einfacheren". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "einfachere" and "einfacheren" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "einfachere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "einfacheren" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #980,334 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "einfachere" and "einfacheren" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "einfachem vs einfachere". 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 #980,334 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