ÜbereinstimmungvsÜbereinstimmungenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#10,986
“Übereinstimmung” frequency rank
#37,928
“Übereinstimmungen” frequency rank
48914
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Übereinstimmung Übereinstimmungen
Definition eine Gleichheit bestimmter Werte oder Fakten Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Übereinstimmung

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set Übereinstimmung and Übereinstimmungen apart are highlighted. They share 15 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

15 ch
Übereinstimmung
17 ch
Übereinstimmungen

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. Übereinstimmung ([yːbɐˈʔaɪ̯nʃtɪmʊŋ]) and Übereinstimmungen ([yːbɐˈʔaɪ̯nʃtɪmʊŋən]) 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) - “Übereinstimmung” sits inside “Übereinstimmungen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48914, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Übereinstimmung is recorded at frequency rank #10,986, classified as anoun, pronounced [yːbɐˈʔaɪ̯nʃtɪmʊŋ]. Übereinstimmungen is at rank #37,928, tagged as anoun, pronounced [yːbɐˈʔaɪ̯nʃtɪmʊŋən].

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 48914, this pair ranks #1,230,870 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Übereinstimmung vs Übereinstimmungen

Shared letters: begimnrstuü. Private to "Übereinstimmung": -. Private to "Übereinstimmungen": -.

"Übereinstimmung" · 15 letters · shape VCVCVVCCCVCCVCC  ·  "Übereinstimmungen" · 17 letters · shape VCVCVVCCCVCCVCCVC

Frequency comparison

Übereinstimmung#10,986
Übereinstimmungen#37,928

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Übereinstimmung" and "Übereinstimmungen" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([yːbɐˈʔaɪ̯nʃtɪmʊŋ] versus [yːbɐˈʔaɪ̯nʃtɪmʊŋən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Übereinstimmung" or "Übereinstimmungen"?
"Übereinstimmung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,986 in our German list, against #37,928 for "Übereinstimmungen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list