Which to use
“Produktion” is a noun and “produktive” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,781
- “Produktion” frequency rank
- #33,239
- “produktive” frequency rank
- 35020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Produktion | produktive |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Erstellung von Gütern, Dienstleistungen, Informationen oder Energien; neben der Beschaffung und dem Absatz die dritte betriebliche Grundfunktion | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs produktiv |
Where the eye mixes Produktion and produktive
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. Produktion (CCVCVCCVVC) and produktive (CCVCVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: Produktion vs produktive
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Produktion is [pʁodʊkˈt͡si̯oːn] while produktive is [pʁodʊkˈtiːvə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Produktion is recorded at frequency rank #1,781, classified as anoun, pronounced [pʁodʊkˈt͡si̯oːn]. produktive is at rank #33,239, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pʁodʊkˈtiːvə].
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 35020, this pair ranks #1,649,935 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Produktion vs produktive
Shared letters: dikoprtu. Private to "Produktion": n. Private to "produktive": ev.
"Produktion" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "produktive" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Produktion ← porduktion · pproduktion · prdouktion · prodduktion · prodkution · produkiton · produkktion · produktino
- produktive ← porduktive · pproduktive · prdouktive · prodduktive · prodkutive · produkitve · produkktive · produktiev
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Produktion" for "produktive" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Produktion" and "produktive" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Produktion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "produktive" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,649,935 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Produktion" and "produktive" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "produktive vs produktives". 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 #1,649,935 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.