verfügbarevsverfügbarenWhat's the difference?

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.

10 ch
verfügbare
11 ch
verfügbaren

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verfügbare" and "verfügbaren" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkbaːʁə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkˌbaːʁən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "verfügbare" or "verfügbaren"?
"verfügbaren" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,584 in our German list, against #19,436 for "verfügbare". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list