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“physische” and “physischen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,774
- “physische” frequency rank
- #13,667
- “physischen” frequency rank
- 26441
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | physische | physischen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs physisch | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs physisch |
Where the eye mixes physische and physischen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: physische vs physischen
A purely visual mix-up. physische ([ˈfyːzɪʃə]) and physischen ([ˈfyːzɪʃn̩]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “physische” sits inside “physischen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
physische is recorded at frequency rank #12,774, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfyːzɪʃə]. physischen is at rank #13,667, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfyːzɪʃn̩].
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 26441, this pair ranks #1,818,060 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of physische vs physischen
Shared letters: cehipsy. Private to "physische": -. Private to "physischen": n.
"physische" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCCV · "physischen" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- physische ← hpysische · phhysische · phsyische · phyissche · physicshe · physiscche · physisceh · physischhe
- physischen ← hpysischen · phhysischen · phsyischen · phyisschen · physicshen · physiscchen · physiscehn · physischenn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "physische" and "physischen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "physische" or "physischen" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "physische" and "physischen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "physische" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "physischen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,818,060 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "physische" and "physischen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Persische vs physische". 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 #1,818,060 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.