Which to use
“empfing” and “empfingen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,808
- “empfing” frequency rank
- #34,066
- “empfingen” frequency rank
- 47874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | empfing | empfingen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs empfangen | 1. Person Plural Präteritum Indikativ des Verbs empfangen |
Where the eye mixes empfing and empfingen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. empfing runs 7 letters (VCCCVCC) against empfingen's 9 (VCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: empfing vs empfingen
A purely visual mix-up. empfing ([ɛmˈp͡fɪŋ]) and empfingen ([ɛmˈp͡fɪŋən]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “empfing” sits inside “empfingen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
empfing is recorded at frequency rank #13,808, classified as averb, pronounced [ɛmˈp͡fɪŋ]. empfingen is at rank #34,066, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɛmˈp͡fɪŋən].
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 47874, this pair ranks #1,268,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of empfing vs empfingen
Shared letters: efgimnp. Private to "empfing": -. Private to "empfingen": -.
"empfing" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCC · "empfingen" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "empfing" for "empfingen" ever safe?
Frequency check: "empfing" vs "empfingen" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "empfing" and "empfingen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "empfing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "empfingen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,268,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "empfing" and "empfingen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empfange vs empfingen". 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 #1,268,892 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.