Which to use
“lebendige” and “lebendigen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,917
- “lebendige” frequency rank
- #14,863
- “lebendigen” frequency rank
- 26780
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lebendige | lebendigen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lebendig | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lebendig |
Where the eye mixes lebendige and lebendigen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. lebendige runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against lebendigen's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lebendige vs lebendigen
A purely visual mix-up. lebendige ([leˈbɛndɪɡə]) and lebendigen ([leˈbɛndɪɡn̩]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “lebendige” sits inside “lebendigen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lebendige is recorded at frequency rank #11,917, classified as anadj, pronounced [leˈbɛndɪɡə]. lebendigen is at rank #14,863, tagged as anadj, pronounced [leˈbɛndɪɡn̩].
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 26780, this pair ranks #1,812,507 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lebendige vs lebendigen
Shared letters: bdegiln. Private to "lebendige": -. Private to "lebendigen": -.
"lebendige" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "lebendigen" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lebendige ← elbendige · lbeendige · lebbendige · lebednige · lebenddige · lebendgie · lebendieg · lebendigge
- lebendigen ← elbendigen · lbeendigen · lebbendigen · lebednigen · lebenddigen · lebendgien · lebendiegn · lebendigenn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lebendige" and "lebendigen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lebendige" vs "lebendigen" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lebendige" and "lebendigen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lebendige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lebendigen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,812,507 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lebendige" and "lebendigen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lebendigem vs lebendigen". 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 #1,812,507 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.