Which to use
“turbulent” and “turbulente” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,555
- “turbulent” frequency rank
- #44,298
- “turbulente” frequency rank
- 92853
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | turbulent | turbulente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | voller Unruhe durch sich schnell ablösende Aktivitäten und Aktionen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs turbulent |
Where the eye mixes turbulent and turbulente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. turbulent runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against turbulente's 10 (CVCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses turbulent with turbulente
A purely visual mix-up. turbulent ([tʊʁbuˈlɛnt]) and turbulente ([tʊʁbuˈlɛntə]) 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) - “turbulent” sits inside “turbulente”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92853, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
turbulent is recorded at frequency rank #48,555, classified as anadj, pronounced [tʊʁbuˈlɛnt]. turbulente is at rank #44,298, tagged as anadj, pronounced [tʊʁbuˈlɛntə].
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 92853, this pair ranks #26,861 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of turbulent vs turbulente
Shared letters: belnrtu. Private to "turbulent": -. Private to "turbulente": -.
"turbulent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "turbulente" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- turbulent ← trubulent · tturbulent · tubrulent · turbbulent · turbluent · turbuelnt · turbulennt · turbulentt
- turbulente ← trubulente · tturbulente · tubrulente · turbbulente · turbluente · turbuelnte · turbulenet · turbulennte
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "turbulent" and "turbulente" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "turbulent" or "turbulente"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "turbulent" and "turbulente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "turbulent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "turbulente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,861 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "turbulent" and "turbulente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "turbulent vs turbulenten". 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 #26,861 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.