Which to use
“führend” and “führenden” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,975
- “führend” frequency rank
- #4,884
- “führenden” frequency rank
- 26859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | führend | führenden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das Geschehen bestimmend | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs führend |
Where the eye mixes führend and führenden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. führend runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against führenden's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: führend vs führenden
A purely visual mix-up. führend ([ˈfyːʁənt]) and führenden ([ˈfyːʁəndn̩]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “führend” sits inside “führenden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
führend is recorded at frequency rank #21,975, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfyːʁənt]. führenden is at rank #4,884, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfyːʁəndn̩].
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 26859, this pair ranks #1,811,262 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of führend vs führenden
Shared letters: defhnrü. Private to "führend": -. Private to "führenden": -.
"führend" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "führenden" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "führend" for "führenden" ever safe?
Frequency check: "führend" vs "führenden" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "führend" and "führenden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "führend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "führenden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,811,262 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "führend" and "führenden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "führend vs führendes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,811,262 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.