Which to use
“merkwürdigen” and “merkwürdiges” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,060
- “merkwürdigen” frequency rank
- #27,413
- “merkwürdiges” frequency rank
- 49473
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | merkwürdigen | merkwürdiges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set merkwürdigen and merkwürdiges 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 merkwürdiges ([ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡəs]) 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 s in “merkwürdiges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49473, 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]. merkwürdiges is at rank #27,413, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡəs].
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 49473, this pair ranks #1,210,223 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of merkwürdigen vs merkwürdiges
Shared letters: degikmrwü. Private to "merkwürdigen": n. Private to "merkwürdiges": s.
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