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

#17,930
“harmonisch” frequency rank
#49,766
“harmonisches” frequency rank
67696
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature harmonisch harmonisches
Definition in Bezug auf Töne, Farben, Gerüche, Geschmack gut zueinander passend Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harmonisch

Where the eye mixes harmonisch and harmonisches

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

10 ch
harmonisch
12 ch
harmonisches

Why the eye confuses harmonisch with harmonisches

A purely visual mix-up. harmonisch ([haʁˈmoːnɪʃ]) and harmonisches ([haʁˈmoːnɪʃəs]) 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) - “harmonisch” sits inside “harmonisches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

harmonisch is recorded at frequency rank #17,930, classified as anadj, pronounced [haʁˈmoːnɪʃ]. harmonisches is at rank #49,766, tagged as anadj, pronounced [haʁˈmoːnɪʃəs].

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 67696, this pair ranks #531,700 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of harmonisch vs harmonisches

Shared letters: achimnors. Private to "harmonisch": -. Private to "harmonisches": e.

"harmonisch" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC  ·  "harmonisches" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • harmonischahrmonisch · hamronisch · harmmonisch · harmnoisch · harmoinsch · harmonicsh · harmoniscch · harmonischh
  • harmonischesahrmonisches · hamronisches · harmmonisches · harmnoisches · harmoinsches · harmonicshes · harmoniscches · harmoniscehs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "harmonisch" and "harmonisches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([haʁˈmoːnɪʃ] versus [haʁˈmoːnɪʃəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "harmonisch" vs "harmonisches" - which ranks higher?
"harmonisch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,930 in our German list, against #49,766 for "harmonisches". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "harmonisch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "harmonisches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #531,700 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "harmonisch" and "harmonisches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Harmonischen vs harmonisches". 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 #531,700 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