vollständigvsvollständigesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“vollständig” and “vollständiges” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,832
“vollständig” frequency rank
#23,776
“vollständiges” frequency rank
25608
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vollständig vollständiges
Definition alle zu seiner Bestimmung nötigen Teile habend Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vollständig

Where the eye mixes vollständig and vollständiges

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.

11 ch
vollständig
13 ch
vollständiges

Visual trap between vollständig and vollständiges

A purely visual mix-up. vollständig ([ˈfɔlˌʃtɛndɪç]) and vollständiges ([ˈfɔlˌʃtɛndɪɡəs]) 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) - “vollständig” sits inside “vollständiges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25608, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vollständig is recorded at frequency rank #1,832, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɔlˌʃtɛndɪç]. vollständiges is at rank #23,776, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɔlˌʃtɛndɪɡəs].

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 25608, this pair ranks #1,830,708 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vollständig vs vollständiges

Shared letters: dgilnostvä. Private to "vollständig": -. Private to "vollständiges": e.

"vollständig" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCVC  ·  "vollständiges" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vollständig" and "vollständiges" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfɔlˌʃtɛndɪç] versus [ˈfɔlˌʃtɛndɪɡəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vollständig" vs "vollständiges" - which ranks higher?
"vollständig" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,832 in our German list, against #23,776 for "vollständiges". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "vollständig" and "vollständiges" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vollständig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vollständiges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,830,708 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vollständig" and "vollständiges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vollständiger vs vollständiges". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,830,708 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list