Which to use
“führend” and “führendes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,975
- “führend” frequency rank
- #47,412
- “führendes” frequency rank
- 69387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | führend | führendes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das Geschehen bestimmend | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs führend |
Where the eye mixes führend and führendes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. führend runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against führendes's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: führend vs führendes
A purely visual mix-up. führend ([ˈfyːʁənt]) and führendes ([ˈfyːʁəndəs]) 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 “führendes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69387, 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]. führendes is at rank #47,412, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfyːʁəndəs].
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 69387, this pair ranks #478,197 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of führend vs führendes
Shared letters: defhnrü. Private to "führend": -. Private to "führendes": s.
"führend" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "führendes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "führend" for "führendes" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "führend" and "führendes" 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 "führendes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #478,197 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "führend" and "führendes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fehlendes vs führendes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #478,197 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.