Which to use
“sehenswert” and “sehenswerten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,584
- “sehenswert” frequency rank
- #39,014
- “sehenswerten” frequency rank
- 51598
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sehenswert | sehenswerten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | wert besichtigt oder angesehen zu werden | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sehenswert |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set sehenswert and sehenswerten apart are highlighted. They share 10 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. sehenswert ([ˈzeːənsˌveːɐ̯t]) and sehenswerten ([ˈzeːənsˌveːɐ̯tn̩]) 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) - “sehenswert” sits inside “sehenswerten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sehenswert is recorded at frequency rank #12,584, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈzeːənsˌveːɐ̯t]. sehenswerten is at rank #39,014, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈzeːənsˌveːɐ̯tn̩].
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 51598, this pair ranks #1,129,341 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sehenswert vs sehenswerten
Shared letters: ehnrstw. Private to "sehenswert": -. Private to "sehenswerten": -.
"sehenswert" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCC · "sehenswerten" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sehenswert ← eshenswert · seehnswert · sehennswert · sehensewrt · sehensswert · sehenswerrt · sehenswertt · sehenswetr
- sehenswerten ← eshenswerten · seehnswerten · sehennswerten · sehensewrten · sehensswerten · sehensweretn · sehenswerrten · sehenswertenn