Which to use
“fliegende” and “fliegender” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,147
- “fliegende” frequency rank
- #43,876
- “fliegender” frequency rank
- 60023
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fliegende | fliegender |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fliegend | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fliegend |
Where the eye mixes fliegende and fliegender
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. fliegende runs 9 letters (CCVVCVCCV) against fliegender's 10 (CCVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between fliegende and fliegender
A purely visual mix-up. fliegende ([ˈfliːɡn̩də]) and fliegender ([ˈfliːɡn̩dɐ]) 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) - “fliegende” sits inside “fliegender”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60023, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fliegende is recorded at frequency rank #16,147, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfliːɡn̩də]. fliegender is at rank #43,876, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfliːɡn̩dɐ].
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 60023, this pair ranks #802,514 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fliegende vs fliegender
Shared letters: defgiln. Private to "fliegende": -. Private to "fliegender": r.
"fliegende" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCVCCV · "fliegender" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fliegende ← ffliegende · filegende · fleigende · flieegnde · fliegedne · fliegendde · fliegened · fliegennde
- fliegender ← ffliegender · filegender · fleigender · flieegnder · fliegedner · fliegendder · fliegenderr · fliegendre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fliegende" and "fliegender" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "fliegende" or "fliegender" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fliegende" and "fliegender" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fliegende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fliegender" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #802,514 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fliegende" and "fliegender" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fliegenden vs fliegender". 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 #802,514 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.