Which to use
“irreführend” and “irreführende” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,578
- “irreführend” frequency rank
- #39,446
- “irreführende” frequency rank
- 63024
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | irreführend | irreführende |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | komplizierte/ungenaue Informationen angebend | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs irreführend |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set irreführend and irreführende apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. irreführend ([ˈɪʁəˌfyːʁənt]) and irreführende ([ˈɪʁəˌfyːʁəndə]) 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) - “irreführend” sits inside “irreführende”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
irreführend is recorded at frequency rank #23,578, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈɪʁəˌfyːʁənt]. irreführende is at rank #39,446, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɪʁəˌfyːʁəndə].
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 63024, this pair ranks #691,546 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of irreführend vs irreführende
Shared letters: defhinrü. Private to "irreführend": -. Private to "irreführende": -.
"irreführend" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCC · "irreführende" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCCV