Which to use
“verlässliche” and “verlässlicher” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,744
- “verlässliche” frequency rank
- #37,869
- “verlässlicher” frequency rank
- 56613
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verlässliche | verlässlicher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verlässlich | Nominativ 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 verlässlicher 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 verlässlicher ([ˌfɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪçɐ]) 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 “verlässlicher”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56613, 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]. verlässlicher is at rank #37,869, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪçɐ].
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 56613, this pair ranks #933,550 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verlässliche vs verlässlicher
Shared letters: cehilrsvä. Private to "verlässliche": -. Private to "verlässlicher": -.
"verlässliche" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCCV · "verlässlicher" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCCVC