Which to use
“seriös” and “seriösen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,790
- “seriös” frequency rank
- #20,058
- “seriösen” frequency rank
- 32848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seriös | seriösen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ordentlich | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs seriös |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set seriös and seriösen apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. seriös ([zeˈʁi̯øːs]) and seriösen ([zeˈʁi̯øːzn̩]) 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) - “seriös” sits inside “seriösen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seriös is recorded at frequency rank #12,790, classified as anadj, pronounced [zeˈʁi̯øːs]. seriösen is at rank #20,058, tagged as anadj, pronounced [zeˈʁi̯øːzn̩].
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 32848, this pair ranks #1,698,727 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of seriös vs seriösen
Shared letters: eirsö. Private to "seriös": -. Private to "seriösen": n.
"seriös" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "seriösen" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC