Which to use
“nervige” and “nervigen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,053
- “nervige” frequency rank
- #30,702
- “nervigen” frequency rank
- 54755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nervige | nervigen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nervig | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nervig |
Where the eye mixes nervige and nervigen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. nervige runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against nervigen's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between nervige and nervigen
A purely visual mix-up. nervige ([ˈnɛʁfɪɡə]) and nervigen ([ˈnɛʁfɪɡn̩]) 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) - “nervige” sits inside “nervigen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nervige is recorded at frequency rank #24,053, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈnɛʁfɪɡə]. nervigen is at rank #30,702, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈnɛʁfɪɡn̩].
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 54755, this pair ranks #1,006,332 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nervige vs nervigen
Shared letters: eginrv. Private to "nervige": -. Private to "nervigen": -.
"nervige" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "nervigen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nervige" and "nervigen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "nervige" vs "nervigen" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "nervige" and "nervigen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "nervige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nervigen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,006,332 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nervige" and "nervigen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nerve vs nervige". 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 #1,006,332 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.