mecklenburgischevsmecklenburgischenWhat's the difference?

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“mecklenburgische” and “mecklenburgischen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,074
“mecklenburgische” frequency rank
#46,835
“mecklenburgischen” frequency rank
95909
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mecklenburgische mecklenburgischen
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mecklenburgisch Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mecklenburgisch

Where the eye mixes mecklenburgische and mecklenburgischen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 16 letters in sequence. mecklenburgische runs 16 letters (CVCCCVCCVCCVCCCV) against mecklenburgischen's 17 (CVCCCVCCVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

16 ch
mecklenburgische
17 ch
mecklenburgischen

Visual trap between mecklenburgische and mecklenburgischen

A purely visual mix-up. mecklenburgische ([ˈmeːklənˌbʊʁɡɪʃə]) and mecklenburgischen ([ˈmeːklənˌbʊʁɡɪʃn̩]) 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) - “mecklenburgische” sits inside “mecklenburgischen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95909, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mecklenburgische is recorded at frequency rank #49,074, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmeːklənˌbʊʁɡɪʃə]. mecklenburgischen is at rank #46,835, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmeːklənˌbʊʁɡɪʃn̩].

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 95909, this pair ranks #9,498 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mecklenburgische vs mecklenburgischen

Shared letters: bceghiklmnrsu. Private to "mecklenburgische": -. Private to "mecklenburgischen": -.

"mecklenburgische" · 16 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCCVCCCV  ·  "mecklenburgischen" · 17 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mecklenburgische ← emcklenburgische · mceklenburgische · meccklenburgische · meckelnburgische · meckklenburgische · mecklebnurgische · mecklenbburgische · mecklenbrugische
  • mecklenburgischen ← emcklenburgischen · mceklenburgischen · meccklenburgischen · meckelnburgischen · meckklenburgischen · mecklebnurgischen · mecklenbburgischen · mecklenbrugischen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mecklenburgische" and "mecklenburgischen" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmeːklənˌbʊʁɡɪʃə] versus [ˈmeːklənˌbʊʁɡɪʃn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "mecklenburgische" or "mecklenburgischen" show up more?
"mecklenburgischen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,835 in our German list, against #49,074 for "mecklenburgische". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mecklenburgische" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mecklenburgischen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,498 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #9,498 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list