Which to use
“etliche” and “etlicher” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,879
- “etliche” frequency rank
- #43,158
- “etlicher” frequency rank
- 48037
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | etliche | etlicher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum des Indefinitpronomens etlich | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum des Indefinitpronomens etlich |
Where the eye mixes etliche and etlicher
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. etliche runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against etlicher's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: etliche vs etlicher
A purely visual mix-up. etliche ([ˈɛtlɪçə]) and etlicher ([ˈɛtlɪçɐ]) 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 “etlicher”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48037, 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]. etlicher is at rank #43,158, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈɛtlɪçɐ].
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 48037, this pair ranks #1,263,127 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of etliche vs etlicher
Shared letters: cehilt. Private to "etliche": -. Private to "etlicher": r.
"etliche" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "etlicher" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "etliche" and "etlicher" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "etliche" or "etlicher"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "etliche" and "etlicher" 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 "etlicher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,263,127 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "etliche" and "etlicher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ethischer 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 #1,263,127 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.