Which to use
“glühen” is a verb and “glühende” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,571
- “glühen” frequency rank
- #36,370
- “glühende” frequency rank
- 68941
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glühen | glühende |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | vor Hitze in oranger bis rötlicher Farbe leuchten | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs glühend |
Where the eye mixes glühen and glühende
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. glühen runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against glühende's 8 (CCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between glühen and glühende
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: glühen is [ˈɡlyːən] while glühende is [ˈɡlyːəndə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “glühen” sits inside “glühende”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68941, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glühen is recorded at frequency rank #32,571, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈɡlyːən]. glühende is at rank #36,370, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡlyːəndə].
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 68941, this pair ranks #492,026 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of glühen vs glühende
Shared letters: eghlnü. Private to "glühen": -. Private to "glühende": d.
"glühen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "glühende" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "glühen" for "glühende" ever safe?
Frequency check: "glühen" vs "glühende" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "glühen" and "glühende" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "glühen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "glühende" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #492,026 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glühen" and "glühende" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glühende vs glühender". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #492,026 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.