Which to use
“komischen” and “komisches” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,122
- “komischen” frequency rank
- #15,928
- “komisches” frequency rank
- 26050
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | komischen | komisches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs komisch | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs komisch |
Where the eye mixes komischen and komisches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. komischen and komisches follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses komischen with komisches
A purely visual mix-up. komischen ([ˈkoːmɪʃn̩]) and komisches ([ˈkoːmɪʃəs]) 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 - n in “komischen” becomes s in “komisches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26050, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
komischen is recorded at frequency rank #10,122, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈkoːmɪʃn̩]. komisches is at rank #15,928, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkoːmɪʃəs].
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 26050, this pair ranks #1,823,962 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of komischen vs komisches
Shared letters: cehikmos. Private to "komischen": n. Private to "komisches": -.
"komischen" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC · "komisches" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "komischen" for "komisches" ever safe?
Frequency check: "komischen" vs "komisches" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "komischen" and "komisches" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "komischen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "komisches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,823,962 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "komischen" and "komisches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "komisches vs kosmischen". 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 #1,823,962 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.