Which to use
“laufender” and “laufendes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,414
- “laufender” frequency rank
- #49,861
- “laufendes” frequency rank
- 72275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laufender | laufendes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs laufend | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs laufend |
Where the eye mixes laufender and laufendes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. laufender and laufendes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: laufender vs laufendes
A purely visual mix-up. laufender ([ˈlaʊ̯fn̩dɐ]) and laufendes ([ˈlaʊ̯fn̩dəs]) 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 - r in “laufender” becomes s in “laufendes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laufender is recorded at frequency rank #22,414, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈlaʊ̯fn̩dɐ]. laufendes is at rank #49,861, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈlaʊ̯fn̩dəs].
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 72275, this pair ranks #392,878 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of laufender vs laufendes
Shared letters: adeflnu. Private to "laufender": r. Private to "laufendes": s.
"laufender" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC · "laufendes" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laufender" and "laufendes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "laufender" or "laufendes" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "laufender" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laufendes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,878 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laufender" and "laufendes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laufendem vs laufendes". 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 #392,878 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.