Which to use
“technische” and “technisches” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,991
- “technische” frequency rank
- #13,960
- “technisches” frequency rank
- 15951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | technische | technisches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs technisch | Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs technisch |
Where the eye mixes technische and technisches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between technische and technisches
A purely visual mix-up. technische ([ˈtɛçnɪʃə]) and technisches ([ˈtɛçnɪʃəs]) 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) - “technische” sits inside “technisches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
technische is recorded at frequency rank #1,991, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈtɛçnɪʃə]. technisches is at rank #13,960, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈtɛçnɪʃəs].
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 15951, this pair ranks #1,939,827 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of technische vs technisches
Shared letters: cehinst. Private to "technische": -. Private to "technisches": -.
"technische" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCV · "technisches" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- technische ← etchnische · tcehnische · tecchnische · techhnische · techinsche · technicshe · techniscche · technisceh
- technisches ← etchnisches · tcehnisches · tecchnisches · techhnisches · techinsches · technicshes · techniscches · techniscehs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "technische" and "technisches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "technische" or "technisches" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "technische" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "technisches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,939,827 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "technische" and "technisches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "technischem vs technisches". 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 #1,939,827 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.