# Operationen vs operativen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Operationen
*noun · IPA [opəʁaˈt͡si̯oːnən] · frequency rank #7,513*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Operation

### operativen
*adjective · IPA [opəʁaˈtiːvn̩] · frequency rank #14,142*
Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs operativ

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/operationen-vs-operativen