Which to use
“sehenswerte” and “sehenswerten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,779
- “sehenswerte” frequency rank
- #39,014
- “sehenswerten” frequency rank
- 68793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sehenswerte | sehenswerten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sehenswert | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sehenswert |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set sehenswerte and sehenswerten apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. sehenswerte ([ˈzeːənsˌveːɐ̯tə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “sehenswerte” sits inside “sehenswerten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sehenswerte is recorded at frequency rank #29,779, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈzeːənsˌveːɐ̯tə]. 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 68793, this pair ranks #496,669 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sehenswerte vs sehenswerten
Shared letters: ehnrstw. Private to "sehenswerte": -. Private to "sehenswerten": -.
"sehenswerte" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCCV · "sehenswerten" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sehenswerte ← eshenswerte · seehnswerte · sehennswerte · sehensewrte · sehensswerte · sehensweret · sehenswerrte · sehenswertte
- sehenswerten ← eshenswerten · seehnswerten · sehennswerten · sehensewrten · sehensswerten · sehensweretn · sehenswerrten · sehenswertenn