Which to use
“kommunal” and “kommunales” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,124
- “kommunal” frequency rank
- #44,019
- “kommunales” frequency rank
- 76143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kommunal | kommunales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die Kommune, die Gemeinde betreffend; zur Gemeinde gehörend | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kommunal |
Where the eye mixes kommunal and kommunales
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: kommunal vs kommunales
A purely visual mix-up. kommunal ([kɔmuˈnaːl]) and kommunales ([kɔmuˈnaːləs]) 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) - “kommunal” sits inside “kommunales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kommunal is recorded at frequency rank #32,124, classified as anadj, pronounced [kɔmuˈnaːl]. kommunales is at rank #44,019, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kɔmuˈnaːləs].
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 76143, this pair ranks #290,763 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of kommunal vs kommunales
Shared letters: aklmnou. Private to "kommunal": -. Private to "kommunales": es.
"kommunal" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "kommunales" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- kommunal ← kkommunal · kmomunal · kommnual · kommuanl · kommunall · kommunla · kommunnal · komumnal
- kommunales ← kkommunales · kmomunales · kommnuales · kommuanles · kommunaels · kommunaless · kommunalles · kommunalse
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "kommunal" vs "kommunales" - 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 "kommunal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kommunales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #290,763 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kommunal" and "kommunales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kommunaler vs kommunales". 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 #290,763 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.