Which to use
“passender” and “passendes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,890
- “passender” frequency rank
- #15,449
- “passendes” frequency rank
- 30339
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passender | passendes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs passend | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs passend |
Where the eye mixes passender and passendes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: passender vs passendes
A purely visual mix-up. passender ([ˈpasn̩dɐ]) and passendes ([ˈpasn̩dəs]) 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 - r in “passender” becomes s in “passendes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30339, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passender is recorded at frequency rank #14,890, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈpasn̩dɐ]. passendes is at rank #15,449, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈpasn̩dəs].
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 30339, this pair ranks #1,749,823 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passender vs passendes
Shared letters: adenps. Private to "passender": r. Private to "passendes": -.
"passender" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "passendes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "passender" for "passendes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "passender" or "passendes"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "passender" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passendes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,749,823 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passender" and "passendes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passendem vs passendes". 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 #1,749,823 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.