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

#12,611
“unangenehme” frequency rank
#36,678
“unangenehmes” frequency rank
49289
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature unangenehme unangenehmes
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unangenehm Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unangenehm

Where the eye mixes unangenehme and unangenehmes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. unangenehme runs 11 letters (VCVCCVCVCCV) against unangenehmes's 12 (VCVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
unangenehme
12 ch
unangenehmes

Visual trap between unangenehme and unangenehmes

A purely visual mix-up. unangenehme ([ˈʊnʔanɡəˌneːmə]) and unangenehmes ([ˈʊnʔanɡəˌneːməs]) 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) - “unangenehme” sits inside “unangenehmes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49289, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

unangenehme is recorded at frequency rank #12,611, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʊnʔanɡəˌneːmə]. unangenehmes is at rank #36,678, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʊnʔanɡəˌneːməs].

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 49289, this pair ranks #1,217,056 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of unangenehme vs unangenehmes

Shared letters: aeghmnu. Private to "unangenehme": -. Private to "unangenehmes": s.

"unangenehme" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCCV  ·  "unangenehmes" · 12 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • unangenehme ← nuangenehme · uanngenehme · unagnenehme · unanegnehme · unangeenhme · unangenehem · unangenehhme · unangenehmme
  • unangenehmes ← nuangenehmes · uanngenehmes · unagnenehmes · unanegnehmes · unangeenhmes · unangenehems · unangenehhmes · unangenehmess

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "unangenehme" and "unangenehmes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʊnʔanɡəˌneːmə] versus [ˈʊnʔanɡəˌneːməs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "unangenehme" or "unangenehmes" show up more?
"unangenehme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,611 in our German list, against #36,678 for "unangenehmes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "unangenehme" and "unangenehmes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "unangenehme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "unangenehmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,217,056 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "unangenehme" and "unangenehmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "unangenehmer vs unangenehmes". 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 #1,217,056 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list