Which to use
“etliche” and “etlichen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,879
- “etliche” frequency rank
- #13,139
- “etlichen” frequency rank
- 18018
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | etliche | etlichen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum des Indefinitpronomens etlich | Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum des Indefinitpronomens etlich |
Where the eye mixes etliche and etlichen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. etliche runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against etlichen's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: etliche vs etlichen
A purely visual mix-up. etliche ([ˈɛtlɪçə]) and etlichen ([ˈɛtlɪçn̩]) 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) - “etliche” sits inside “etlichen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18018, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
etliche is recorded at frequency rank #4,879, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈɛtlɪçə]. etlichen is at rank #13,139, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈɛtlɪçn̩].
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 18018, this pair ranks #1,922,165 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of etliche vs etlichen
Shared letters: cehilt. Private to "etliche": -. Private to "etlichen": n.
"etliche" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "etlichen" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "etliche" and "etlichen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "etliche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "etlichen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,922,165 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "etliche" and "etlichen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "etlichen vs etlicher". 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 #1,922,165 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.