angebotenvsangeboteneWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: angeboten is a verb, angebotene is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“angeboten” is a verb and “angebotene” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,757
“angeboten” frequency rank
#25,437
“angebotene” frequency rank
27194
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angeboten angebotene
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anbieten Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angeboten

Where the eye mixes angeboten and angebotene

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. angeboten runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against angebotene's 10 (VCCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
angeboten
10 ch
angebotene

Visual trap between angeboten and angebotene

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angeboten is [ˈanɡəˌboːtn̩] while angebotene is [ˈanɡəˌboːtənə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “angeboten” sits inside “angebotene”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angeboten is recorded at frequency rank #1,757, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌboːtn̩]. angebotene is at rank #25,437, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌboːtənə].

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 27194, this pair ranks #1,805,755 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of angeboten vs angebotene

Shared letters: abegnot. Private to "angeboten": -. Private to "angebotene": -.

"angeboten" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "angebotene" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angeboten ← agneboten · anegboten · angbeoten · angebboten · angeboetn · angebotenn · angebotne · angebotten
  • angebotene ← agnebotene · anegbotene · angbeotene · angebbotene · angeboetne · angeboteen · angebotnee · angebottene

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "angeboten" and "angebotene" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "angeboten" is a verb and "angebotene" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "angeboten" or "angebotene"?
"angeboten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,757 in our German list, against #25,437 for "angebotene". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "angeboten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angebotene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,805,755 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angeboten" and "angebotene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angebotene vs Angebotes". 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 #1,805,755 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