Which to use
“ruhige” and “ruhigen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,082
- “ruhige” frequency rank
- #9,800
- “ruhigen” frequency rank
- 18882
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ruhige | ruhigen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ruhig | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ruhig |
Where the eye mixes ruhige and ruhigen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ruhige runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against ruhigen's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: ruhige vs ruhigen
A purely visual mix-up. ruhige ([ˈʁuːɪɡə]) and ruhigen ([ˈʁuːɪɡn̩]) 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) - “ruhige” sits inside “ruhigen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18882, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ruhige is recorded at frequency rank #9,082, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁuːɪɡə]. ruhigen is at rank #9,800, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁuːɪɡn̩].
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 18882, this pair ranks #1,913,928 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ruhige vs ruhigen
Shared letters: eghiru. Private to "ruhige": -. Private to "ruhigen": n.
"ruhige" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "ruhigen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ruhige" for "ruhigen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "ruhige" or "ruhigen" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ruhige" and "ruhigen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ruhige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ruhigen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,913,928 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ruhige" and "ruhigen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ruhigen vs rühmen". 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 #1,913,928 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.