islamischvsislamischenTell them apart

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

#28,721
“islamisch” frequency rank
#5,500
“islamischen” frequency rank
34221
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature islamisch islamischen
Definition den Islam betreffend, ihm zugehörig Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs islamisch

Where the eye mixes islamisch and islamischen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. islamisch runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCCC) against islamischen's 11 (VCCVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
islamisch
11 ch
islamischen

Visual trap between islamisch and islamischen

A purely visual mix-up. islamisch ([ɪsˈlaːmɪʃ]) and islamischen ([ɪsˈlaːmɪʃn̩]) 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) - “islamisch” sits inside “islamischen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34221, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

islamisch is recorded at frequency rank #28,721, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɪsˈlaːmɪʃ]. islamischen is at rank #5,500, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɪsˈlaːmɪʃn̩].

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 34221, this pair ranks #1,668,326 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of islamisch vs islamischen

Shared letters: achilms. Private to "islamisch": -. Private to "islamischen": en.

"islamisch" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC  ·  "islamischen" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • islamisch ← ilsamisch · isalmisch · islaimsch · islamicsh · islamiscch · islamischh · islamishc · islamissch
  • islamischen ← ilsamischen · isalmischen · islaimschen · islamicshen · islamiscchen · islamiscehn · islamischenn · islamischhen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "islamisch" and "islamischen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɪsˈlaːmɪʃ] versus [ɪsˈlaːmɪʃn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "islamisch" or "islamischen" show up more?
"islamischen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,500 in our German list, against #28,721 for "islamisch". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "islamisch" and "islamischen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "islamisch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "islamischen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,668,326 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "islamisch" and "islamischen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "islamisch vs islamisches". 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 #1,668,326 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