Which to use
“turbulent” and “turbulenten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,555
- “turbulent” frequency rank
- #38,460
- “turbulenten” frequency rank
- 87015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | turbulent | turbulenten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | voller Unruhe durch sich schnell ablösende Aktivitäten und Aktionen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs turbulent |
Where the eye mixes turbulent and turbulenten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. turbulent runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against turbulenten's 11 (CVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: turbulent vs turbulenten
A purely visual mix-up. turbulent ([tʊʁbuˈlɛnt]) and turbulenten ([tʊʁbuˈlɛntn̩]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “turbulent” sits inside “turbulenten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87015, 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]. turbulenten is at rank #38,460, tagged as anadj, pronounced [tʊʁbuˈlɛntn̩].
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 87015, this pair ranks #85,853 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of turbulent vs turbulenten
Shared letters: belnrtu. Private to "turbulent": -. Private to "turbulenten": -.
"turbulent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "turbulenten" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- turbulent ← trubulent · tturbulent · tubrulent · turbbulent · turbluent · turbuelnt · turbulennt · turbulentt
- turbulenten ← trubulenten · tturbulenten · tubrulenten · turbbulenten · turbluenten · turbuelnten · turbulenetn · turbulennten
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "turbulent" for "turbulenten" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "turbulent" or "turbulenten" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "turbulent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "turbulenten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,853 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "turbulent" and "turbulenten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "turbulent vs turbulente". 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 #85,853 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.