Which to use
“genügen” and “gingen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,479
- “genügen” frequency rank
- #1,733
- “gingen” frequency rank
- 12212
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | genügen | gingen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | für einen bestimmten Zweck in ausreichendem Maß zur Verfügung stehen | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs gehen |
Where the eye mixes genügen and gingen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. genügen ([ɡəˈnyːɡn̩]) and gingen ([ˈɡɪŋən]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12212, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
genügen is recorded at frequency rank #10,479, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈnyːɡn̩]. gingen is at rank #1,733, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈɡɪŋən].
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 12212, this pair ranks #1,965,526 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of genügen vs gingen
Shared letters: egn. Private to "genügen": ü. Private to "gingen": i.
"genügen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "gingen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gingen ← ggingen · gignen · ginegn · gingenn · ginggen · gingne · ginngen · gnigen