Which to use
“hervorragenden” and “hervorragender” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,065
- “hervorragenden” frequency rank
- #16,451
- “hervorragender” frequency rank
- 27516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hervorragenden | hervorragender |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hervorragend | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs hervorragend |
Where the eye mixes hervorragenden and hervorragender
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: hervorragenden vs hervorragender
A purely visual mix-up. hervorragenden ([hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩dən]) and hervorragender ([hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩dɐ]) 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 a single letter - n in “hervorragenden” becomes r in “hervorragender”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hervorragenden is recorded at frequency rank #11,065, classified as anadj, pronounced [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩dən]. hervorragender is at rank #16,451, tagged as anadj, pronounced [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩dɐ].
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 27516, this pair ranks #1,800,501 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hervorragenden vs hervorragender
Shared letters: adeghnorv. Private to "hervorragenden": -. Private to "hervorragender": -.
"hervorragenden" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCCVC · "hervorragender" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hervorragenden ← ehrvorragenden · herovrragenden · herrvorragenden · hervoragenden · hervorargenden · hervorraegnden · hervorragednen · hervorragendden
- hervorragender ← ehrvorragender · herovrragender · herrvorragender · hervoragender · hervorargender · hervorraegnder · hervorragedner · hervorragendder
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hervorragenden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hervorragender" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,800,501 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hervorragenden" and "hervorragender" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hervorragender vs hervorragendes". 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 #1,800,501 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.