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

#11,148
“vegane” frequency rank
#24,971
“veganen” frequency rank
36119
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vegane veganen
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vegan Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vegan

Where the eye mixes vegane and veganen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vegane runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against veganen's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
vegane
7 ch
veganen

Look-alike desk: vegane vs veganen

A purely visual mix-up. vegane ([veˈɡaːnə]) and veganen ([veˈɡaːnən]) 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) - “vegane” sits inside “veganen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36119, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vegane is recorded at frequency rank #11,148, classified as anadj, pronounced [veˈɡaːnə]. veganen is at rank #24,971, tagged as anadj, pronounced [veˈɡaːnən].

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 36119, this pair ranks #1,623,468 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vegane vs veganen

Shared letters: aegnv. Private to "vegane": -. Private to "veganen": -.

"vegane" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "veganen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vegane ← evgane · veagne · vegaen · veganne · veggane · vegnae · vgeane · vvegane
  • veganen ← evganen · veagnen · vegaenn · veganenn · vegannen · vegganen · vegnaen · vgeanen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vegane" and "veganen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([veˈɡaːnə] versus [veˈɡaːnən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "vegane" or "veganen" show up more?
"vegane" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,148 in our German list, against #24,971 for "veganen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "vegane" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "veganen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,623,468 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vegane" and "veganen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veganen vs Vergaben". 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 #1,623,468 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