Which to use
“abgekauft” is a verb and “angehäuft” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,616
- “abgekauft” frequency rank
- #39,201
- “angehäuft” frequency rank
- 80817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abgekauft | angehäuft |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs abkaufen | beschreibt eine erhebliche über einen längeren Zeitraum angesammelte Menge von etwas Wertvollem (zum Beispiel Vermögen) oder etwas Negativem (zum Beispiel Schulden) |
Where the eye mixes abgekauft and angehäuft
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. abgekauft and angehäuft follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: abgekauft vs angehäuft
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abgekauft is [ˈapɡəˌkaʊ̯ft] while angehäuft is [ˈanɡəˌhɔɪ̯ft]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abgekauft is recorded at frequency rank #41,616, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈapɡəˌkaʊ̯ft]. angehäuft is at rank #39,201, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌhɔɪ̯ft].
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 80817, this pair ranks #187,866 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abgekauft vs angehäuft
Shared letters: aefgtu. Private to "abgekauft": bk. Private to "angehäuft": hnä.
"abgekauft" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC · "angehäuft" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- abgekauft ← abbgekauft · abegkauft · abgeakuft · abgekafut · abgekaufft · abgekauftt · abgekautf · abgekkauft
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "abgekauft" and "angehäuft" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abgekauft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angehäuft" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,866 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abgekauft" and "angehäuft" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abgekauft vs angekauft". 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 #187,866 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.