Which to use
“verlässliche” and “verlässlichen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,744
- “verlässliche” frequency rank
- #31,343
- “verlässlichen” frequency rank
- 50087
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verlässliche | verlässlichen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verlässlich | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verlässlich |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set verlässliche and verlässlichen apart are highlighted. They share 12 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. verlässliche ([ˌfɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪçə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “verlässliche” sits inside “verlässlichen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50087, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verlässliche is recorded at frequency rank #18,744, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪçə]. 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 50087, this pair ranks #1,187,128 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verlässliche vs verlässlichen
Shared letters: cehilrsvä. Private to "verlässliche": -. Private to "verlässlichen": n.
"verlässliche" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCCV · "verlässlichen" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCCVC