Which to use
“ständige” and “ständiges” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,601
- “ständige” frequency rank
- #24,944
- “ständiges” frequency rank
- 31545
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ständige | ständiges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ständig | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ständig |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set ständige and ständiges apart are highlighted. They share 8 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. ständige ([ˈʃtɛndɪɡə]) and ständiges ([ˈʃtɛndɪɡəs]) 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) - “ständige” sits inside “ständiges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ständige is recorded at frequency rank #6,601, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtɛndɪɡə]. ständiges is at rank #24,944, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtɛndɪɡəs].
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 31545, this pair ranks #1,725,946 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ständige vs ständiges
Shared letters: deginstä. Private to "ständige": -. Private to "ständiges": -.
"ständige" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV · "ständiges" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC