Which to use
“Tiefe” is a noun and “tiefere” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,619
- “Tiefe” frequency rank
- #20,752
- “tiefere” frequency rank
- 23371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Tiefe | tiefere |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Abstand/Erstreckung in der Senkrechten nach unten | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs tief |
Where the eye mixes Tiefe and tiefere
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Tiefe runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against tiefere's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Tiefe vs tiefere
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Tiefe is [ˈtiːfə] while tiefere is [ˈtiːfəʁə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Tiefe” sits inside “tiefere”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Tiefe is recorded at frequency rank #2,619, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtiːfə]. tiefere is at rank #20,752, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈtiːfəʁə].
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 23371, this pair ranks #1,862,156 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Tiefe vs tiefere
Shared letters: efit. Private to "Tiefe": -. Private to "tiefere": r.
"Tiefe" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "tiefere" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Tiefe" for "tiefere" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Tiefe" or "tiefere" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Tiefe" and "tiefere" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Tiefe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tiefere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,862,156 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Tiefe" and "tiefere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tiefere vs Tiefsee". 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 #1,862,156 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.