# ideal vs ideale

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ideal
*adjective · IPA [ideˈʔaːl] · frequency rank #4,708*
passend, genau richtig, sehr geeignet oder mustergültig seiend

### ideale
*adjective · IPA [ideˈʔaːlə] · frequency rank #5,966*
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ideal

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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