Which to use
“kritischen” and “kritisches” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,731
- “kritischen” frequency rank
- #24,806
- “kritisches” frequency rank
- 30537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kritischen | kritisches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kritisch | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kritisch |
Where the eye mixes kritischen and kritisches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. kritischen and kritisches 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 kritisches
A purely visual mix-up. kritischen ([ˈkʁiːtɪʃn̩]) and kritisches ([ˈkʁiːtɪʃəs]) 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 s in “kritisches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30537, 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]. kritisches is at rank #24,806, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkʁiːtɪʃəs].
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 30537, this pair ranks #1,745,889 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of kritischen vs kritisches
Shared letters: cehikrst. Private to "kritischen": n. Private to "kritisches": -.
"kritischen" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCCVC · "kritisches" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- kritischen ← kirtischen · kkritischen · kriitschen · kriticshen · kritiscchen · kritiscehn · kritischenn · kritischhen
- kritisches ← kirtisches · kkritisches · kriitsches · kriticshes · kritiscches · kritiscehs · kritischess · kritischhes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "kritischen" for "kritisches" ever safe?
Frequency check: "kritischen" vs "kritisches" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "kritischen" and "kritisches" 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 "kritisches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,745,889 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kritischen" and "kritisches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kritischem vs kritisches". 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 #1,745,889 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.