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“angebrachte” and “angebrachten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,436
“angebrachte” frequency rank
#26,746
“angebrachten” frequency rank
57182
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angebrachte angebrachten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angebracht Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angebracht

Where the eye mixes angebrachte and angebrachten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. angebrachte runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCCCV) against angebrachten's 12 (VCCVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
angebrachte
12 ch
angebrachten

Visual trap between angebrachte and angebrachten

A purely visual mix-up. angebrachte ([ˈanɡəˌbʁaxtə]) and angebrachten ([ˈanɡəˌbʁaxtn̩]) 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) - “angebrachte” sits inside “angebrachten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57182, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angebrachte is recorded at frequency rank #30,436, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌbʁaxtə]. angebrachten is at rank #26,746, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌbʁaxtn̩].

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 57182, this pair ranks #911,304 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of angebrachte vs angebrachten

Shared letters: abceghnrt. Private to "angebrachte": -. Private to "angebrachten": -.

"angebrachte" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCCV  ·  "angebrachten" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angebrachte ← agnebrachte · anegbrachte · angberachte · angebarchte · angebbrachte · angebracchte · angebrachet · angebrachhte
  • angebrachten ← agnebrachten · anegbrachten · angberachten · angebarchten · angebbrachten · angebracchten · angebrachetn · angebrachhten

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "angebrachte" for "angebrachten" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌbʁaxtə] versus [ˈanɡəˌbʁaxtn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "angebrachte" vs "angebrachten" - which ranks higher?
"angebrachten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,746 in our German list, against #30,436 for "angebrachte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "angebrachte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angebrachten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #911,304 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angebrachte" and "angebrachten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angebrachten vs aufgebrachten". 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 #911,304 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