Which to use
“merkwürdigen” and “merkwürdiger” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,060
- “merkwürdigen” frequency rank
- #30,683
- “merkwürdiger” frequency rank
- 52743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | merkwürdigen | merkwürdiger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set merkwürdigen and merkwürdiger apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. merkwürdigen ([ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡn̩]) and merkwürdiger ([ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡɐ]) 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 “merkwürdigen” becomes r in “merkwürdiger”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
merkwürdigen is recorded at frequency rank #22,060, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡn̩]. merkwürdiger is at rank #30,683, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡɐ].
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 52743, this pair ranks #1,084,962 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of merkwürdigen vs merkwürdiger
Shared letters: degikmrwü. Private to "merkwürdigen": n. Private to "merkwürdiger": -.
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