Which to use
“psychische” and “psychischen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,711
- “psychische” frequency rank
- #7,977
- “psychischen” frequency rank
- 14688
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | psychische | psychischen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs psychisch |
Where the eye mixes psychische and psychischen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. psychische runs 10 letters (CCVCCVCCCV) against psychischen's 11 (CCVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses psychische with psychischen
A purely visual mix-up. psychische ([ˈpsyːçɪʃə]) and psychischen ([ˈpsyːçɪʃn̩]) 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) - “psychische” sits inside “psychischen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
psychische is recorded at frequency rank #6,711, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈpsyːçɪʃə]. psychischen is at rank #7,977, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈpsyːçɪʃn̩].
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 14688, this pair ranks #1,949,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of psychische vs psychischen
Shared letters: cehipsy. Private to "psychische": -. Private to "psychischen": n.
"psychische" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCCV · "psychischen" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- psychische ← ppsychische · pscyhische · pssychische · psycchische · psychhische · psychicshe · psychiscche · psychisceh
- psychischen ← ppsychischen · pscyhischen · pssychischen · psycchischen · psychhischen · psychicshen · psychiscchen · psychiscehn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "psychische" and "psychischen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "psychische" or "psychischen" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "psychische" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "psychischen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,949,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "psychische" and "psychischen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "psychischen vs psychischer". 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 #1,949,448 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.