Which to use
“verlässlich” and “verlässlichen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,437
- “verlässlich” frequency rank
- #31,343
- “verlässlichen” frequency rank
- 50780
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verlässlich | verlässlichen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | so, dass man sich darauf verlassen kann | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verlässlich |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set verlässlich and verlässlichen apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. verlässlich ([ˌfɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪç]) and verlässlichen ([ˌfɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪçn̩]) 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) - “verlässlich” sits inside “verlässlichen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verlässlich is recorded at frequency rank #19,437, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪç]. verlässlichen is at rank #31,343, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪçn̩].
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 50780, this pair ranks #1,160,780 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verlässlich vs verlässlichen
Shared letters: cehilrsvä. Private to "verlässlich": -. Private to "verlässlichen": n.
"verlässlich" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCC · "verlässlichen" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCCVC