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“offiziellen” and “offizielles” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,063
- “offiziellen” frequency rank
- #13,453
- “offizielles” frequency rank
- 16516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | offiziellen | offizielles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs offiziell | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs offiziell |
Where the eye mixes offiziellen and offizielles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. offiziellen and offizielles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: offiziellen vs offizielles
A purely visual mix-up. offiziellen ([ɔfiˈt͡si̯ɛlən]) and offizielles ([ɔfiˈt͡si̯ɛləs]) 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 “offiziellen” becomes s in “offizielles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
offiziellen is recorded at frequency rank #3,063, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɔfiˈt͡si̯ɛlən]. offizielles is at rank #13,453, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɔfiˈt͡si̯ɛləs].
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 16516, this pair ranks #1,935,203 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of offiziellen vs offizielles
Shared letters: efiloz. Private to "offiziellen": n. Private to "offizielles": s.
"offiziellen" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVCCVC · "offizielles" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- offiziellen ← fofiziellen · offiizellen · offizeillen · offizieleln · offizielen · offiziellenn · offiziellne · offizilelen
- offizielles ← fofizielles · offiizelles · offizeilles · offizielels · offizieles · offizielless · offiziellse · offizileles
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "offiziellen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "offizielles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,935,203 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "offiziellen" and "offizielles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "offiziellen vs Offizieren". 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 #1,935,203 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.