Which to use
“unterstützende” and “unterstützenden” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,892
- “unterstützende” frequency rank
- #48,582
- “unterstützenden” frequency rank
- 91474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | unterstützende | unterstützenden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterstützend | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unterstützend |
Where the eye mixes unterstützende and unterstützenden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 14 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. unterstützende ([ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sn̩də]) and unterstützenden ([ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sn̩dən]) 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) - “unterstützende” sits inside “unterstützenden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
unterstützende is recorded at frequency rank #42,892, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sn̩də]. unterstützenden is at rank #48,582, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sn̩dən].
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 91474, this pair ranks #37,574 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of unterstützende vs unterstützenden
Shared letters: denrstuzü. Private to "unterstützende": -. Private to "unterstützenden": -.
"unterstützende" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCCVCCV · "unterstützenden" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCCVCCVC