Which to use
“gesellige” and “geselligen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,921
- “gesellige” frequency rank
- #33,083
- “geselligen” frequency rank
- 77004
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gesellige | geselligen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesellig | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesellig |
Where the eye mixes gesellige and geselligen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: gesellige vs geselligen
A purely visual mix-up. gesellige ([ɡəˈzɛlɪɡə]) and geselligen ([ɡəˈzɛlɪɡn̩]) 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) - “gesellige” sits inside “geselligen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gesellige is recorded at frequency rank #43,921, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈzɛlɪɡə]. geselligen is at rank #33,083, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈzɛlɪɡn̩].
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 77004, this pair ranks #270,774 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gesellige vs geselligen
Shared letters: egils. Private to "gesellige": -. Private to "geselligen": n.
"gesellige" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "geselligen" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gesellige ← egsellige · geesllige · geselige · geselilge · gesellgie · gesellieg · geselligge · geslelige
- geselligen ← egselligen · geeslligen · geseligen · geselilgen · gesellgien · geselliegn · geselligenn · geselliggen
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gesellige" for "geselligen" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gesellige" vs "geselligen" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "gesellige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "geselligen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,774 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gesellige" and "geselligen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gesellig vs gesellige". 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 #270,774 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.