Which to use
“scheinbar” and “scheinbare” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,741
- “scheinbar” frequency rank
- #30,752
- “scheinbare” frequency rank
- 33493
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scheinbar | scheinbare |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (nur) auf den ersten Blick oder vordergründig wahr; etwas scheint zwar so zu sein, ist aber nicht so | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheinbar |
Where the eye mixes scheinbar and scheinbare
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between scheinbar and scheinbare
A purely visual mix-up. scheinbar ([ˈʃaɪ̯nbaːɐ̯]) and scheinbare ([ˈʃaɪ̯nbaːʁə]) 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) - “scheinbar” sits inside “scheinbare”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33493, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
scheinbar is recorded at frequency rank #2,741, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃaɪ̯nbaːɐ̯]. scheinbare is at rank #30,752, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃaɪ̯nbaːʁə].
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 33493, this pair ranks #1,684,796 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of scheinbar vs scheinbare
Shared letters: abcehinrs. Private to "scheinbar": -. Private to "scheinbare": -.
"scheinbar" · 9 letters · shape CCCVVCCVC · "scheinbare" · 10 letters · shape CCCVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- scheinbar ← csheinbar · sccheinbar · scehinbar · scheibnar · scheinabr · scheinbarr · scheinbbar · scheinbra
- scheinbare ← csheinbare · sccheinbare · scehinbare · scheibnare · scheinabre · scheinbaer · scheinbarre · scheinbbare
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "scheinbar" and "scheinbare" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "scheinbar" or "scheinbare" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "scheinbar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "scheinbare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,684,796 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scheinbar" and "scheinbare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scheinbare vs scheinbaren". 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 #1,684,796 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.