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

#29,607
“gravierend” frequency rank
#38,152
“gravierender” frequency rank
67759
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gravierend gravierender
Definition schwerwiegend, bedeutend Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gravierend

Where the eye mixes gravierend and gravierender

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. gravierend runs 10 letters (CCVCVVCVCC) against gravierender's 12 (CCVCVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
gravierend
12 ch
gravierender

Visual trap between gravierend and gravierender

A purely visual mix-up. gravierend ([ɡʁaˈviːʁənt]) and gravierender ([ɡʁaˈviːʁəndɐ]) 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) - “gravierend” sits inside “gravierender”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gravierend is recorded at frequency rank #29,607, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡʁaˈviːʁənt]. gravierender is at rank #38,152, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡʁaˈviːʁəndɐ].

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 67759, this pair ranks #529,656 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gravierend vs gravierender

Shared letters: adeginrv. Private to "gravierend": -. Private to "gravierender": -.

"gravierend" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCVCC  ·  "gravierender" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gravierend ← garvierend · ggravierend · graiverend · graveirend · gravieernd · gravieredn · gravierendd · gravierennd
  • gravierender ← garvierender · ggravierender · graiverender · graveirender · gravieernder · gravieredner · gravierendder · gravierenderr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gravierend" and "gravierender" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ɡʁaˈviːʁənt] versus [ɡʁaˈviːʁəndɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "gravierend" vs "gravierender" - which ranks higher?
"gravierend" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,607 in our German list, against #38,152 for "gravierender". 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 "gravierend" and "gravierender" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gravierend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gravierender" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #529,656 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gravierend" and "gravierender" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gravierenden vs gravierender". 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 #529,656 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