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

#2,451
“interessante” frequency rank
#5,722
“interessanter” frequency rank
8173
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interessante interessanter
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs interessant Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs interessant

Where the eye mixes interessante and interessanter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. interessante runs 12 letters (VCCVCVCCVCCV) against interessanter's 13 (VCCVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
interessante
13 ch
interessanter

Look-alike desk: interessante vs interessanter

A purely visual mix-up. interessante ([ɪntəʁɛˈsantə]) and interessanter ([ɪntəʁɛˈsantɐ]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “interessante” sits inside “interessanter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interessante is recorded at frequency rank #2,451, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɪntəʁɛˈsantə]. interessanter is at rank #5,722, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɪntəʁɛˈsantɐ].

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 8173, this pair ranks #1,985,333 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of interessante vs interessanter

Shared letters: aeinrst. Private to "interessante": -. Private to "interessanter": -.

"interessante" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCCV  ·  "interessanter" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interessante ← inetressante · innteressante · inteerssante · interesante · interesasnte · interessanet · interessannte · interessantte
  • interessanter ← inetressanter · innteressanter · inteerssanter · interesanter · interesasnter · interessanetr · interessannter · interessanterr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "interessante" and "interessanter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɪntəʁɛˈsantə] versus [ɪntəʁɛˈsantɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "interessante" or "interessanter" show up more?
"interessante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,451 in our German list, against #5,722 for "interessanter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "interessante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interessanter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,985,333 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interessante" and "interessanter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interessante 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 #1,985,333 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