Which to use
“religions” is a noun and “religiöses” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,754
- “religions” frequency rank
- #27,023
- “religiöses” frequency rank
- 58777
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | religions | religiöses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs religió | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs religiös |
Where the eye mixes religions and religiöses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. religions runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCC) against religiöses's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between religions and religiöses
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: religions is [rəɫiʒiˈons] while religiöses is [ʁeliˈɡi̯øːzəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58777, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
religions is recorded at frequency rank #31,754, classified as anoun, pronounced [rəɫiʒiˈons]. religiöses is at rank #27,023, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ʁeliˈɡi̯øːzəs].
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 58777, this pair ranks #849,751 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of religions vs religiöses
Shared letters: egilrs. Private to "religions": no. Private to "religiöses": ö.
"religions" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC · "religiöses" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- religions ← erligions · reilgions · relgiions · religgions · religinos · religionns · religionss · religiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "religions" for "religiöses" ever safe?
Frequency check: "religions" vs "religiöses" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "religions" and "religiöses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "religions" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "religiöses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #849,751 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "religions" and "religiöses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "religions vs religiös". 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 #849,751 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.