Which to use
“mehrjährige” and “mehrjährigen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,717
- “mehrjährige” frequency rank
- #34,257
- “mehrjährigen” frequency rank
- 67974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mehrjährige | mehrjährigen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mehrjährig | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mehrjährig |
Where the eye mixes mehrjährige and mehrjährigen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. mehrjährige ([ˈmeːɐ̯ˌjɛːʁɪɡə]) and mehrjährigen ([ˈmeːɐ̯ˌjɛːʁɪɡn̩]) 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) - “mehrjährige” sits inside “mehrjährigen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mehrjährige is recorded at frequency rank #33,717, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmeːɐ̯ˌjɛːʁɪɡə]. mehrjährigen is at rank #34,257, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmeːɐ̯ˌjɛːʁɪɡn̩].
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 67974, this pair ranks #522,744 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mehrjährige vs mehrjährigen
Shared letters: eghijmrä. Private to "mehrjährige": -. Private to "mehrjährigen": n.
"mehrjährige" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCV · "mehrjährigen" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCVC