Which to use
“verfügbare” and “verfügbaren” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,436
- “verfügbare” frequency rank
- #10,584
- “verfügbaren” frequency rank
- 30020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verfügbare | verfügbaren |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verfügbar | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs verfügbar |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set verfügbare and verfügbaren apart are highlighted. They share 10 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. verfügbare ([fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkbaːʁə]) and verfügbaren ([fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkˌbaːʁən]) 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) - “verfügbare” sits inside “verfügbaren”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verfügbare is recorded at frequency rank #19,436, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkbaːʁə]. verfügbaren is at rank #10,584, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkˌbaːʁən].
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 30020, this pair ranks #1,755,906 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verfügbare vs verfügbaren
Shared letters: abefgrvü. Private to "verfügbare": -. Private to "verfügbaren": n.
"verfügbare" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "verfügbaren" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC