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“vollkommen” and “vollkommene” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,791
- “vollkommen” frequency rank
- #27,122
- “vollkommene” frequency rank
- 28913
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vollkommen | vollkommene |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | perfekt, ganz ohne Fehler | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vollkommen |
Where the eye mixes vollkommen and vollkommene
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. vollkommen runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCCVC) against vollkommene's 11 (CVCCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vollkommen vs vollkommene
A purely visual mix-up. vollkommen ([ˈfɔlkɔmən]) and vollkommene ([ˈfɔlkɔmənə]) 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) - “vollkommen” sits inside “vollkommene”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28913, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vollkommen is recorded at frequency rank #1,791, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɔlkɔmən]. vollkommene is at rank #27,122, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɔlkɔmənə].
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 28913, this pair ranks #1,776,328 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vollkommen vs vollkommene
Shared letters: eklmnov. Private to "vollkommen": -. Private to "vollkommene": -.
"vollkommen" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVC · "vollkommene" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vollkommen ← ovllkommen · vlolkommen · volklommen · volkommen · vollkkommen · vollkmomen · vollkomemn · vollkomen
- vollkommene ← ovllkommene · vlolkommene · volklommene · volkommene · vollkkommene · vollkmomene · vollkomemne · vollkomene
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vollkommen" and "vollkommene" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "vollkommen" or "vollkommene" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "vollkommen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vollkommene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,776,328 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vollkommen" and "vollkommene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vollkommene vs vollkommenen". 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 #1,776,328 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.