angebotenvsAufgebotenTell them apart

Quick tell: angeboten is a verb, Aufgeboten is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#1,757
“angeboten” frequency rank
#37,970
“Aufgeboten” frequency rank
39727
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angeboten Aufgeboten
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anbieten Dativ Plural des Substantivs Aufgebot

Where the eye mixes angeboten and Aufgeboten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. angeboten runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against Aufgeboten's 10 (VVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
angeboten
10 ch
Aufgeboten

Look-alike desk: angeboten vs Aufgeboten

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angeboten is [ˈanɡəˌboːtn̩] while Aufgeboten is [ˈaʊ̯fɡəˌboːtn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39727, 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]. Aufgeboten is at rank #37,970, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fɡəˌboːtn̩].

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 39727, this pair ranks #1,528,669 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of angeboten vs Aufgeboten

Shared letters: abegnot. Private to "angeboten": -. Private to "Aufgeboten": fu.

"angeboten" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "Aufgeboten" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angeboten ← agneboten · anegboten · angbeoten · angebboten · angeboetn · angebotenn · angebotne · angebotten
  • Aufgeboten ← afugeboten · aufegboten · auffgeboten · aufgbeoten · aufgebboten · aufgeboetn · aufgebotenn · aufgebotne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "angeboten" and "Aufgeboten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "angeboten" is a verb and "Aufgeboten" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "angeboten" or "Aufgeboten"?
"angeboten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,757 in our German list, against #37,970 for "Aufgeboten". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "angeboten" and "Aufgeboten" 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 "Aufgeboten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,528,669 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angeboten" and "Aufgeboten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Aufgeboten vs aufgelösten". 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 #1,528,669 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