Which to use
“intelligent” and “intelligenten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,397
- “intelligent” frequency rank
- #19,957
- “intelligenten” frequency rank
- 28354
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intelligent | intelligenten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | geistig begabt, von guter Auffassungsgabe, einsichtig, klug, Beziehungen kennend | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intelligent |
Where the eye mixes intelligent and intelligenten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. intelligent runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCVCC) against intelligenten's 13 (VCCVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between intelligent and intelligenten
A purely visual mix-up. intelligent ([ɪntɛliˈɡɛnt]) and intelligenten ([ɪntɛliˈɡɛntn̩]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “intelligent” sits inside “intelligenten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intelligent is recorded at frequency rank #8,397, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɪntɛliˈɡɛnt]. intelligenten is at rank #19,957, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɪntɛliˈɡɛntn̩].
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 28354, this pair ranks #1,786,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intelligent vs intelligenten
Shared letters: egilnt. Private to "intelligent": -. Private to "intelligenten": -.
"intelligent" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCC · "intelligenten" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intelligent ← inetlligent · inntelligent · inteligent · intelilgent · intellgient · intelliegnt · intelligennt · intelligentt
- intelligenten ← inetlligenten · inntelligenten · inteligenten · intelilgenten · intellgienten · intelliegnten · intelligenetn · intelligennten
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intelligent" for "intelligenten" ever safe?
Frequency check: "intelligent" vs "intelligenten" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "intelligent" and "intelligenten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "intelligent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intelligenten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,786,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intelligent" and "intelligenten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intelligenten vs intelligentes". 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 #1,786,280 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.