IntegrationvsintegrativenTell them apart

Quick tell: Integration is a noun, integrativen is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Integration” is a noun and “integrativen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,400
“Integration” frequency rank
#47,500
“integrativen” frequency rank
49900
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Integration integrativen
Definition die Einbeziehung, Eingliederung in ein größeres Ganzes Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs integrativ

Where the eye mixes Integration and integrativen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

11 ch
Integration
12 ch
integrativen

Visual trap between Integration and integrativen

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Integration is [ɪnteɡʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] while integrativen is [ˌɪnteɡʁaˈtiːvn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Integration is recorded at frequency rank #2,400, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɪnteɡʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. integrativen is at rank #47,500, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌɪnteɡʁaˈtiːvn̩].

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 49900, this pair ranks #1,194,156 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Integration vs integrativen

Shared letters: aeginrt. Private to "Integration": o. Private to "integrativen": v.

"Integration" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC  ·  "integrativen" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Integrationinetgration · inntegration · integartion · integgration · integraiton · integratino · integrationn · integratoin
  • integrativeninetgrativen · inntegrativen · integartiven · integgrativen · integraitven · integratievn · integrativenn · integrativne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Integration" for "integrativen" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Integration" is a noun and "integrativen" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Integration" or "integrativen" show up more?
"Integration" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,400 in our German list, against #47,500 for "integrativen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Integration" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "integrativen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,194,156 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Integration" and "integrativen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "integrative vs integrativen". 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 #1,194,156 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