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

#2,966
“heutige” frequency rank
#24,381
“heutiges” frequency rank
27347
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature heutige heutiges
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs heutig Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs heutig

Where the eye mixes heutige and heutiges

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. heutige runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against heutiges's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
heutige
8 ch
heutiges

Visual trap between heutige and heutiges

A purely visual mix-up. heutige ([ˈhɔɪ̯tɪɡə]) and heutiges ([ˈhɔɪ̯tɪɡəs]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “heutige” sits inside “heutiges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

heutige is recorded at frequency rank #2,966, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈhɔɪ̯tɪɡə]. heutiges is at rank #24,381, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈhɔɪ̯tɪɡəs].

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 27347, this pair ranks #1,803,240 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of heutige vs heutiges

Shared letters: eghitu. Private to "heutige": -. Private to "heutiges": s.

"heutige" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "heutiges" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • heutigeehutige · hetuige · heuitge · heutgie · heutieg · heutigge · heuttige · hheutige
  • heutigesehutiges · hetuiges · heuitges · heutgies · heutiegs · heutigess · heutigges · heutigse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "heutige" for "heutiges" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈhɔɪ̯tɪɡə] versus [ˈhɔɪ̯tɪɡəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "heutige" or "heutiges"?
"heutige" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,966 in our German list, against #24,381 for "heutiges". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "heutige" and "heutiges" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "heutige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "heutiges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,803,240 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "heutige" and "heutiges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heftigem vs heutiges". 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 #1,803,240 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