vorgelegenvsvorgesehenTell them apart

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

#48,607
“vorgelegen” frequency rank
#3,345
“vorgesehen” frequency rank
51952
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vorgelegen vorgesehen
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs vorliegen Partizip Perfekt des Verbs vorsehen

Where the eye mixes vorgelegen and vorgesehen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. vorgelegen and vorgesehen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
vorgelegen
10 ch
vorgesehen

Visual trap between vorgelegen and vorgesehen

A purely visual mix-up. vorgelegen ([ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌleːɡn̩]) and vorgesehen ([ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌzeːən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vorgelegen is recorded at frequency rank #48,607, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌleːɡn̩]. vorgesehen is at rank #3,345, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌzeːən].

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 51952, this pair ranks #1,115,694 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vorgelegen vs vorgesehen

Shared letters: egnorv. Private to "vorgelegen": l. Private to "vorgesehen": hs.

"vorgelegen" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "vorgesehen" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vorgelegen ← ovrgelegen · vogrelegen · voreglegen · vorgeelgen · vorgeleegn · vorgelegenn · vorgeleggen · vorgelegne
  • vorgesehen ← ovrgesehen · vogresehen · voregsehen · vorgeeshen · vorgeseehn · vorgesehenn · vorgesehhen · vorgesehne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vorgelegen" and "vorgesehen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌleːɡn̩] versus [ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌzeːən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vorgelegen" vs "vorgesehen" - which ranks higher?
"vorgesehen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,345 in our German list, against #48,607 for "vorgelegen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "vorgelegen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vorgesehen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,115,694 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vorgelegen" and "vorgesehen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vorgelegen vs vorgelegte". 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 #1,115,694 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