interessantervsinteressantesWhat's the difference?

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

#5,722
“interessanter” frequency rank
#6,309
“interessantes” frequency rank
12031
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interessanter interessantes
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs interessant Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs interessant

Where the eye mixes interessanter and interessantes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. interessanter and interessantes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

13 ch
interessanter
13 ch
interessantes

Visual trap between interessanter and interessantes

A purely visual mix-up. interessanter ([ɪntəʁɛˈsantɐ]) 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 a single letter - r in “interessanter” becomes s in “interessantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12031, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interessanter is recorded at frequency rank #5,722, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɪntəʁɛˈsantɐ]. 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 12031, this pair ranks #1,966,578 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of interessanter vs interessantes

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

"interessanter" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCCVC  ·  "interessantes" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interessanterinetressanter · innteressanter · inteerssanter · interesanter · interesasnter · interessanetr · interessannter · interessanterr
  • interessantesinetressantes · innteressantes · inteerssantes · interesantes · interesasntes · interessanets · interessanntes · interessantess

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "interessanter" and "interessantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɪntəʁɛˈsantɐ] versus [ɪntəʁɛˈsantəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "interessanter" vs "interessantes" - which ranks higher?
"interessanter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,722 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "interessanter" 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 #1,966,578 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interessanter" and "interessantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interessantes vs interessanteste". 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 #1,966,578 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