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“wesentlicher” and “wesentliches” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,781
- “wesentlicher” frequency rank
- #22,966
- “wesentliches” frequency rank
- 33747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wesentlicher | wesentliches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich |
Where the eye mixes wesentlicher and wesentliches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. wesentlicher and wesentliches follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: wesentlicher vs wesentliches
A purely visual mix-up. wesentlicher ([ˈveːzn̩tlɪçɐ]) and wesentliches ([ˈveːzn̩tlɪçəs]) 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 a single letter - r in “wesentlicher” becomes s in “wesentliches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wesentlicher is recorded at frequency rank #10,781, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈveːzn̩tlɪçɐ]. wesentliches is at rank #22,966, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈveːzn̩tlɪçəs].
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 33747, this pair ranks #1,678,952 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wesentlicher vs wesentliches
Shared letters: cehilnstw. Private to "wesentlicher": r. Private to "wesentliches": -.
"wesentlicher" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCCVC · "wesentliches" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- wesentlicher ← ewsentlicher · weesntlicher · wesenlticher · wesenntlicher · wesentilcher · wesentlciher · wesentliccher · wesentlicehr
- wesentliches ← ewsentliches · weesntliches · wesenltiches · wesenntliches · wesentilches · wesentlcihes · wesentlicches · wesentlicehs
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "wesentlicher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wesentliches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,678,952 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wesentlicher" and "wesentliches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wesentliche vs wesentliches". 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 #1,678,952 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.