Which to use
“seriös” and “serious” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,790
- “seriös” frequency rank
- #40,840
- “serious” frequency rank
- 53630
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seriös | serious |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ordentlich | ernst |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set seriös and serious apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
seriös and serious are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53630, 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]. serious is at rank #40,840, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].
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 53630, this pair ranks #1,050,546 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of seriös vs serious
Shared letters: eirs. Private to "seriös": ö. Private to "serious": ou.
"seriös" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "serious" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- serious ← esrious · seirous · seriosu · seriouss · seriuos · seroius · serrious · sreious