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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.
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?
In ordinary German text, does "interessante" or "interessanter" show up more?
After this comparison
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- 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.