Which to use
“strenger” and “strengere” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,756
- “strenger” frequency rank
- #23,721
- “strengere” frequency rank
- 39477
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | strenger | strengere |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs streng | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs streng |
Where the eye mixes strenger and strengere
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. strenger runs 8 letters (CCCVCCVC) against strengere's 9 (CCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: strenger vs strengere
A purely visual mix-up. strenger ([ˈʃtʁɛŋɐ]) and strengere ([ˈʃtʁɛŋəʁə]) 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) - “strenger” sits inside “strengere”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
strenger is recorded at frequency rank #15,756, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtʁɛŋɐ]. strengere is at rank #23,721, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtʁɛŋəʁə].
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 39477, this pair ranks #1,535,725 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of strenger vs strengere
Shared letters: egnrst. Private to "strenger": -. Private to "strengere": -.
"strenger" · 8 letters · shape CCCVCCVC · "strengere" · 9 letters · shape CCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "strenger" for "strengere" ever safe?
Frequency check: "strenger" vs "strengere" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "strenger" and "strengere" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "strenger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "strengere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,535,725 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "strenger" and "strengere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "strengere vs strengeren". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,535,725 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.