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“tägliche” and “tauglich” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,240
“tägliche” frequency rank
#27,970
“tauglich” frequency rank
35210
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tägliche tauglich
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs täglich für etwas geeignet

Where the eye mixes tägliche and tauglich

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tägliche (CVCCVCCV) and tauglich (CVVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
tägliche
8 ch
tauglich

Visual trap between tägliche and tauglich

A purely visual mix-up. tägliche ([ˈtɛːklɪçə]) and tauglich ([ˈtaʊ̯klɪç]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 7 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35210, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tägliche is recorded at frequency rank #7,240, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈtɛːklɪçə]. tauglich is at rank #27,970, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈtaʊ̯klɪç].

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 35210, this pair ranks #1,645,375 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tägliche vs tauglich

Shared letters: cghilt. Private to "tägliche": eä. Private to "tauglich": au.

"tägliche" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "tauglich" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tauglich ← atuglich · tagulich · taugglich · taugilch · tauglcih · tauglicch · tauglichh · tauglihc

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tägliche" for "tauglich" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈtɛːklɪçə] versus [ˈtaʊ̯klɪç]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tägliche" or "tauglich"?
"tägliche" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,240 in our German list, against #27,970 for "tauglich". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tägliche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tauglich" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,645,375 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tägliche" and "tauglich" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tägliche vs täglicher". 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 #1,645,375 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list