Which to use
“intelligent” and “intelligenter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,397
- “intelligent” frequency rank
- #17,040
- “intelligenter” frequency rank
- 25437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intelligent | intelligenter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | geistig begabt, von guter Auffassungsgabe, einsichtig, klug, Beziehungen kennend | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs intelligent |
Where the eye mixes intelligent and intelligenter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. intelligent runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCVCC) against intelligenter's 13 (VCCVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: intelligent vs intelligenter
A purely visual mix-up. intelligent ([ɪntɛliˈɡɛnt]) and intelligenter ([ɪntɛliˈɡɛntɐ]) 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 “intelligenter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25437, 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]. intelligenter is at rank #17,040, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɪntɛliˈɡɛntɐ].
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 25437, this pair ranks #1,833,310 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of intelligent vs intelligenter
Shared letters: egilnt. Private to "intelligent": -. Private to "intelligenter": r.
"intelligent" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCC · "intelligenter" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intelligent ← inetlligent · inntelligent · inteligent · intelilgent · intellgient · intelliegnt · intelligennt · intelligentt
- intelligenter ← inetlligenter · inntelligenter · inteligenter · intelilgenter · intellgienter · intelliegnter · intelligenetr · intelligennter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intelligent" and "intelligenter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "intelligent" or "intelligenter" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "intelligent" and "intelligenter" 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 "intelligenter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,833,310 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intelligent" and "intelligenter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intelligenter 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 #1,833,310 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.