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

#21,963
“experimentellen” frequency rank
#41,151
“experimenteller” frequency rank
63114
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature experimentellen experimenteller
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs experimentell Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs experimentell

Where the eye mixes experimentellen and experimenteller

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 14 letters in sequence. experimentellen and experimenteller follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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experimentellen
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experimenteller

Visual trap between experimentellen and experimenteller

A purely visual mix-up. experimentellen ([ɛkspeʁimɛnˈtɛlən]) and experimenteller ([ɛkspeʁimɛnˈtɛlɐ]) 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 “experimentellen” becomes r in “experimenteller”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

experimentellen is recorded at frequency rank #21,963, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɛkspeʁimɛnˈtɛlən]. experimenteller is at rank #41,151, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɛkspeʁimɛnˈtɛlɐ].

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 63114, this pair ranks #688,307 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of experimentellen vs experimenteller

Shared letters: eilmnprtx. Private to "experimentellen": -. Private to "experimenteller": -.

"experimentellen" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCCVCCVC  ·  "experimenteller" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • experimentellen ← epxerimentellen · exeprimentellen · expeirmentellen · experiemntellen · experimenetllen · experimenntellen · experimenteleln · experimentelen
  • experimenteller ← epxerimenteller · exeprimenteller · expeirmenteller · experiemnteller · experimenetller · experimennteller · experimentelelr · experimenteler

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "experimentellen" and "experimenteller" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɛkspeʁimɛnˈtɛlən] versus [ɛkspeʁimɛnˈtɛlɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "experimentellen" or "experimenteller"?
"experimentellen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,963 in our German list, against #41,151 for "experimenteller". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "experimentellen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "experimenteller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #688,307 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "experimentellen" and "experimenteller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "experimentell vs experimenteller". 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 #688,307 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