Which to use
“komfortabel” and “komfortable” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,406
- “komfortabel” frequency rank
- #40,038
- “komfortable” frequency rank
- 64444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | komfortabel | komfortable |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit Annehmlichkeiten, Komfort, guter technischer Ausrüstung | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs komfortabel |
Where the eye mixes komfortabel and komfortable
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. komfortabel (CVCCVCCVCVC) and komfortable (CVCCVCCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses komfortabel with komfortable
A purely visual mix-up. komfortabel ([kɔmfɔʁˈtaːbl̩]) and komfortable ([kɔmfɔʁˈtaːblə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (el ↔ le) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
komfortabel is recorded at frequency rank #24,406, classified as anadj, pronounced [kɔmfɔʁˈtaːbl̩]. komfortable is at rank #40,038, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kɔmfɔʁˈtaːblə].
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 64444, this pair ranks #641,347 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of komfortabel vs komfortable
Shared letters: abefklmort. Private to "komfortabel": -. Private to "komfortable": -.
"komfortabel" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC · "komfortable" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- komfortabel ← kkomfortabel · kmofortabel · kofmortabel · komffortabel · komforatbel · komforrtabel · komfortabbel · komfortabell
- komfortable ← kkomfortable · kmofortable · kofmortable · komffortable · komforatble · komforrtable · komfortabble · komfortablle
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "komfortabel" and "komfortable" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "komfortabel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "komfortable" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #641,347 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "komfortabel" and "komfortable" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "komfortable vs komfortabler". 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 #641,347 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.