Which to use
“vergessen” and “vergessenen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #625
- “vergessen” frequency rank
- #25,809
- “vergessenen” frequency rank
- 26434
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vergessen | vergessenen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | in Moment/bestimmter Situation nicht daran gedacht, nicht daran erinnert | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vergessen |
Where the eye mixes vergessen and vergessenen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. vergessen runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against vergessenen's 11 (CVCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vergessen vs vergessenen
A purely visual mix-up. vergessen ([fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛsn̩]) and vergessenen ([fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛsənən]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “vergessen” sits inside “vergessenen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26434, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vergessen is recorded at frequency rank #625, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛsn̩]. vergessenen is at rank #25,809, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛsənən].
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 26434, this pair ranks #1,818,164 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vergessen vs vergessenen
Shared letters: egnrsv. Private to "vergessen": -. Private to "vergessenen": -.
"vergessen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "vergessenen" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vergessen ← evrgessen · vegressen · veregssen · vergesen · vergesesn · vergessenn · vergessne · vergeßen
- vergessenen ← evrgessenen · vegressenen · veregssenen · vergesenen · vergesesnen · vergesseenn · vergessenenn · vergessennen
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vergessen" for "vergessenen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "vergessen" or "vergessenen" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vergessen" and "vergessenen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vergessen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vergessenen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,818,164 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vergessen" and "vergessenen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vergebenen vs vergessenen". 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 #1,818,164 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.