Which to use
“Harmonische” is a noun and “harmonisches” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,283
- “Harmonische” frequency rank
- #49,766
- “harmonisches” frequency rank
- 71049
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Harmonische | harmonisches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Physik, Technik: ganzzahliges Vielfache der Grundfrequenz | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harmonisch |
Where the eye mixes Harmonische and harmonisches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Harmonische vs harmonisches
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Harmonische is [haʁˈmoːnɪʃə] while harmonisches is [haʁˈmoːnɪʃəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Harmonische” sits inside “harmonisches”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71049, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Harmonische is recorded at frequency rank #21,283, classified as anoun, pronounced [haʁˈmoːnɪʃə]. 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 71049, this pair ranks #428,241 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Harmonische vs harmonisches
Shared letters: acehimnors. Private to "Harmonische": -. Private to "harmonisches": -.
"Harmonische" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCCV · "harmonisches" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Harmonische ← ahrmonische · hamronische · harmmonische · harmnoische · harmoinsche · harmonicshe · harmoniscche · harmonisceh
- harmonisches ← ahrmonisches · hamronisches · harmmonisches · harmnoisches · harmoinsches · harmonicshes · harmoniscches · harmoniscehs
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "Harmonische" 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 #428,241 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Harmonische" 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 #428,241 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.