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“offiziell” and “offiziellen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,856
- “offiziell” frequency rank
- #3,063
- “offiziellen” frequency rank
- 4919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | offiziell | offiziellen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | von einer dazu befugten Person oder Stelle ausgehend | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs offiziell |
Where the eye mixes offiziell and offiziellen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. offiziell runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVCC) against offiziellen's 11 (VCCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: offiziell vs offiziellen
A purely visual mix-up. offiziell ([ɔfiˈt͡si̯ɛl]) and offiziellen ([ɔfiˈt͡si̯ɛlən]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “offiziell” sits inside “offiziellen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4919, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
offiziell is recorded at frequency rank #1,856, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɔfiˈt͡si̯ɛl]. offiziellen is at rank #3,063, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɔfiˈt͡si̯ɛlən].
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 4919, this pair ranks #1,996,289 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of offiziell vs offiziellen
Shared letters: efiloz. Private to "offiziell": -. Private to "offiziellen": n.
"offiziell" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC · "offiziellen" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- offiziell ← fofiziell · offiizell · offizeill · offiziel · offizilel · offizziell · offziiell · ofifziell
- offiziellen ← fofiziellen · offiizellen · offizeillen · offizieleln · offizielen · offiziellenn · offiziellne · offizilelen
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "offiziell" for "offiziellen" ever safe?
Frequency check: "offiziell" vs "offiziellen" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "offiziell" and "offiziellen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "offiziell" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "offiziellen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,996,289 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "offiziell" and "offiziellen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "offiziell vs Offiziers". 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 #1,996,289 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.