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

#33,070
“gegenseitiger” frequency rank
#32,548
“gegenseitiges” frequency rank
65618
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gegenseitiger gegenseitiges
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gegenseitig Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gegenseitig

Where the eye mixes gegenseitiger and gegenseitiges

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. gegenseitiger and gegenseitiges follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

13 ch
gegenseitiger
13 ch
gegenseitiges

Look-alike desk: gegenseitiger vs gegenseitiges

A purely visual mix-up. gegenseitiger ([ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌzaɪ̯tɪɡɐ]) and gegenseitiges ([ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌzaɪ̯tɪɡəs]) 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 - r in “gegenseitiger” becomes s in “gegenseitiges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65618, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gegenseitiger is recorded at frequency rank #33,070, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌzaɪ̯tɪɡɐ]. gegenseitiges is at rank #32,548, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌzaɪ̯tɪɡəs].

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 65618, this pair ranks #600,678 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gegenseitiger vs gegenseitiges

Shared letters: eginst. Private to "gegenseitiger": r. Private to "gegenseitiges": -.

"gegenseitiger" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCVCVC  ·  "gegenseitiges" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gegenseitiger ← eggenseitiger · geegnseitiger · gegenesitiger · gegennseitiger · gegenseiitger · gegenseitgier · gegenseitiegr · gegenseitigerr
  • gegenseitiges ← eggenseitiges · geegnseitiges · gegenesitiges · gegennseitiges · gegenseiitges · gegenseitgies · gegenseitiegs · gegenseitigess

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gegenseitiger" and "gegenseitiges" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌzaɪ̯tɪɡɐ] versus [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌzaɪ̯tɪɡəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "gegenseitiger" vs "gegenseitiges" - which ranks higher?
"gegenseitiges" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,548 in our German list, against #33,070 for "gegenseitiger". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gegenseitiger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gegenseitiges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #600,678 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gegenseitiger" and "gegenseitiges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gegenseitigem vs gegenseitiger". 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 #600,678 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