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Which to use

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

#1,358
“interessant” frequency rank
#6,309
“interessantes” frequency rank
7667
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interessant interessantes
Definition Interesse beanspruchend/weckend Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs interessant

Where the eye mixes interessant and interessantes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. interessant runs 11 letters (VCCVCVCCVCC) against interessantes's 13 (VCCVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
interessant
13 ch
interessantes

Visual trap between interessant and interessantes

A purely visual mix-up. interessant ([ɪntəʁɛˈsant]) and interessantes ([ɪntəʁɛˈsantəs]) 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) - “interessant” sits inside “interessantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interessant is recorded at frequency rank #1,358, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɪntəʁɛˈsant]. interessantes is at rank #6,309, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɪntəʁɛˈsantəs].

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 7667, this pair ranks #1,987,351 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of interessant vs interessantes

Shared letters: aeinrst. Private to "interessant": -. Private to "interessantes": -.

"interessant" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCC  ·  "interessantes" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interessantinetressant · innteressant · inteerssant · interesant · interesasnt · interessannt · interessantt · interessatn
  • interessantesinetressantes · innteressantes · inteerssantes · interesantes · interesasntes · interessanets · interessanntes · interessantess

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "interessant" and "interessantes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ɪntəʁɛˈsant] versus [ɪntəʁɛˈsantəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "interessant" or "interessantes" show up more?
"interessant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,358 in our German list, against #6,309 for "interessantes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "interessant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interessantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,987,351 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interessant" and "interessantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interessant vs Interessent". 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 #1,987,351 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