Which to use
“fehlenden” and “fehlender” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,297
- “fehlenden” frequency rank
- #11,050
- “fehlender” frequency rank
- 17347
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fehlenden | fehlender |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fehlend |
Where the eye mixes fehlenden and fehlender
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. fehlenden and fehlender follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between fehlenden and fehlender
A purely visual mix-up. fehlenden ([ˈfeːləndn̩]) and fehlender ([ˈfeːləndɐ]) 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 “fehlenden” becomes r in “fehlender”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fehlenden is recorded at frequency rank #6,297, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfeːləndn̩]. fehlender is at rank #11,050, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfeːləndɐ].
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 17347, this pair ranks #1,928,187 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fehlenden vs fehlender
Shared letters: defhln. Private to "fehlenden": -. Private to "fehlender": r.
"fehlenden" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "fehlender" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fehlenden" and "fehlender" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "fehlenden" or "fehlender" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fehlenden" and "fehlender" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fehlenden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fehlender" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,928,187 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fehlenden" and "fehlender" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fehlendem vs fehlender". 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 #1,928,187 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.