Which to use
“widerliche” and “widerlicher” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,841
- “widerliche” frequency rank
- #35,554
- “widerlicher” frequency rank
- 61395
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | widerliche | widerlicher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs widerlich | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs widerlich |
Where the eye mixes widerliche and widerlicher
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. widerliche runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against widerlicher's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between widerliche and widerlicher
A purely visual mix-up. widerliche ([ˈviːdɐlɪçə]) and widerlicher ([ˈviːdɐlɪçɐ]) 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) - “widerliche” sits inside “widerlicher”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
widerliche is recorded at frequency rank #25,841, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈviːdɐlɪçə]. widerlicher is at rank #35,554, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈviːdɐlɪçɐ].
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 61395, this pair ranks #751,441 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of widerliche vs widerlicher
Shared letters: cdehilrw. Private to "widerliche": -. Private to "widerlicher": -.
"widerliche" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "widerlicher" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- widerliche ← iwderliche · wdierliche · widderliche · widelriche · widerilche · widerlcihe · widerlicche · widerliceh
- widerlicher ← iwderlicher · wdierlicher · widderlicher · widelricher · widerilcher · widerlciher · widerliccher · widerlicehr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "widerliche" and "widerlicher" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "widerliche" or "widerlicher"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "widerliche" and "widerlicher" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "widerliche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "widerlicher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #751,441 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "widerliche" and "widerlicher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "widerlichen vs widerlicher". 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 #751,441 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.