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“Karriere” and “Karrieren” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,701
- “Karriere” frequency rank
- #29,653
- “Karrieren” frequency rank
- 31354
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Karriere | Karrieren |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (erfolgreicher) beruflicher Werdegang, (schnell zurückgelegte) Laufbahn | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Karriere |
Where the eye mixes Karriere and Karrieren
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Karriere vs Karrieren
A purely visual mix-up. Karriere ([kaˈʁi̯eːʁə]) and Karrieren ([kaˈʁi̯eːʁən]) 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) - “Karriere” sits inside “Karrieren”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Karriere is recorded at frequency rank #1,701, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈʁi̯eːʁə]. Karrieren is at rank #29,653, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈʁi̯eːʁən].
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 31354, this pair ranks #1,729,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Karriere vs Karrieren
Shared letters: aeikr. Private to "Karriere": -. Private to "Karrieren": n.
"Karriere" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "Karrieren" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Karriere" for "Karrieren" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Karriere" vs "Karrieren" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Karriere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Karrieren" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,729,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Karriere" and "Karrieren" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Karrieren vs kastrieren". 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 #1,729,789 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.