Which to use
“passend” and “passenden” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,296
- “passend” frequency rank
- #6,459
- “passenden” frequency rank
- 10755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passend | passenden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit etwas anderem vereinbar | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs passend |
Where the eye mixes passend and passenden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. passend runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against passenden's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between passend and passenden
A purely visual mix-up. passend ([ˈpasn̩t]) and passenden ([ˈpasn̩dən]) 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) - “passend” sits inside “passenden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passend is recorded at frequency rank #4,296, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈpasn̩t]. passenden is at rank #6,459, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈpasn̩dən].
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 10755, this pair ranks #1,973,490 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passend vs passenden
Shared letters: adenps. Private to "passend": -. Private to "passenden": -.
"passend" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "passenden" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "passend" for "passenden" ever safe?
Which is more common, "passend" or "passenden"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "passend" and "passenden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "passend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passenden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,973,490 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passend" and "passenden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passendem vs passenden". 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 #1,973,490 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.