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“eingehenden” and “eingehender” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,494
- “eingehenden” frequency rank
- #35,154
- “eingehender” frequency rank
- 67648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | eingehenden | eingehender |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eingehend | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs eingehend |
Where the eye mixes eingehenden and eingehender
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between eingehenden and eingehender
A purely visual mix-up. eingehenden ([ˈaɪ̯nˌɡeːəndn̩]) and eingehender ([ˈaɪ̯nˌɡeːəndɐ]) 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 a single letter - n in “eingehenden” becomes r in “eingehender”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
eingehenden is recorded at frequency rank #32,494, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌɡeːəndn̩]. eingehender is at rank #35,154, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌɡeːəndɐ].
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 67648, this pair ranks #533,328 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of eingehenden vs eingehender
Shared letters: deghin. Private to "eingehenden": -. Private to "eingehender": r.
"eingehenden" · 11 letters · shape VVCCVCVCCVC · "eingehender" · 11 letters · shape VVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- eingehenden ← eignehenden · eineghenden · eingeehnden · eingehednen · eingehendden · eingehendenn · eingehendne · eingehenedn
- eingehender ← eignehender · eineghender · eingeehnder · eingehedner · eingehendder · eingehenderr · eingehendre · eingehenedr
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "eingehenden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "eingehender" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #533,328 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "eingehenden" and "eingehender" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eingefunden vs eingehenden". 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 #533,328 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.