Which to use
“hervorragender” and “hervorragendes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,451
- “hervorragender” frequency rank
- #29,171
- “hervorragendes” frequency rank
- 45622
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hervorragender | hervorragendes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs hervorragend | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hervorragend |
Where the eye mixes hervorragender and hervorragendes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence. hervorragender and hervorragendes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between hervorragender and hervorragendes
A purely visual mix-up. hervorragender ([hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩dɐ]) and hervorragendes ([hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩dəs]) 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 - r in “hervorragender” becomes s in “hervorragendes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hervorragender is recorded at frequency rank #16,451, classified as anadj, pronounced [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩dɐ]. hervorragendes is at rank #29,171, tagged as anadj, pronounced [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩dəs].
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 45622, this pair ranks #1,346,764 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hervorragender vs hervorragendes
Shared letters: adeghnorv. Private to "hervorragender": -. Private to "hervorragendes": s.
"hervorragender" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCCVC · "hervorragendes" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hervorragender ← ehrvorragender · herovrragender · herrvorragender · hervoragender · hervorargender · hervorraegnder · hervorragedner · hervorragendder
- hervorragendes ← ehrvorragendes · herovrragendes · herrvorragendes · hervoragendes · hervorargendes · hervorraegndes · hervorragednes · hervorragenddes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hervorragender" and "hervorragendes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "hervorragender" or "hervorragendes" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hervorragender" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hervorragendes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,346,764 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hervorragender" and "hervorragendes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hervorragenden 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 #1,346,764 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.