Which to use
“undankbar” and “undankbare” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,503
- “undankbar” frequency rank
- #47,063
- “undankbare” frequency rank
- 82566
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | undankbar | undankbare |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | keinen erwartbaren Dank abstattend | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs undankbar |
Where the eye mixes undankbar and undankbare
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: undankbar vs undankbare
A purely visual mix-up. undankbar ([ˈʊnˌdaŋkbaːɐ̯]) and undankbare ([ˈʊnˌdaŋkbaːʁə]) 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) - “undankbar” sits inside “undankbare”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
undankbar is recorded at frequency rank #35,503, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʊnˌdaŋkbaːɐ̯]. undankbare is at rank #47,063, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʊnˌdaŋkbaːʁə].
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 82566, this pair ranks #154,929 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of undankbar vs undankbare
Shared letters: abdknru. Private to "undankbar": -. Private to "undankbare": e.
"undankbar" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC · "undankbare" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- undankbar ← nudankbar · udnankbar · unadnkbar · undaknbar · undanbkar · undankabr · undankbarr · undankbbar
- undankbare ← nudankbare · udnankbare · unadnkbare · undaknbare · undanbkare · undankabre · undankbaer · undankbarre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "undankbar" for "undankbare" ever safe?
Which is more common, "undankbar" or "undankbare"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "undankbar" and "undankbare" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "undankbar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "undankbare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #154,929 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "undankbar" and "undankbare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "undankbare vs undenkbar". 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 #154,929 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.