Which to use
“schön” and “schönem” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #282
- “schön” frequency rank
- #19,384
- “schönem” frequency rank
- 19666
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | schön | schönem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ästhetisch, eine angenehme Wirkung auf die Sinne habend: zum Beispiel ein gutes Aussehen habend, sich gut anhörend | Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs schön |
Where the eye mixes schön and schönem
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. schön ([ʃøːn]) and schönem ([ˈʃøːnəm]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “schön” sits inside “schönem”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19666, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
schön is recorded at frequency rank #282, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʃøːn]. schönem is at rank #19,384, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃøːnəm].
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 19666, this pair ranks #1,905,923 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of schön vs schönem
Shared letters: chnsö. Private to "schön": -. Private to "schönem": em.
"schön" · 5 letters · shape CCCVC · "schönem" · 7 letters · shape CCCVCVC