Which to use
“kritischen” and “kritischer” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,731
- “kritischen” frequency rank
- #11,467
- “kritischer” frequency rank
- 17198
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kritischen | kritischer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kritisch | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs kritisch |
Where the eye mixes kritischen and kritischer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. kritischen and kritischer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: kritischen vs kritischer
A purely visual mix-up. kritischen ([ˈkʁiːtɪʃn̩]) and kritischer ([ˈkʁiːtɪʃɐ]) 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 “kritischen” becomes r in “kritischer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kritischen is recorded at frequency rank #5,731, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈkʁiːtɪʃn̩]. kritischer is at rank #11,467, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkʁiːtɪʃɐ].
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 17198, this pair ranks #1,929,510 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of kritischen vs kritischer
Shared letters: cehikrst. Private to "kritischen": n. Private to "kritischer": -.
"kritischen" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCCVC · "kritischer" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- kritischen ← kirtischen · kkritischen · kriitschen · kriticshen · kritiscchen · kritiscehn · kritischenn · kritischhen
- kritischer ← kirtischer · kkritischer · kriitscher · kriticsher · kritisccher · kritiscehr · kritischerr · kritischher
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "kritischen" and "kritischer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "kritischen" vs "kritischer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "kritischen" and "kritischer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "kritischen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kritischer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,929,510 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kritischen" and "kritischer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kritischem vs kritischer". 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 #1,929,510 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.