angeführtevsangeführtenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#40,376
“angeführte” frequency rank
#20,493
“angeführten” frequency rank
60869
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angeführte angeführten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angeführt Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angeführt

Where the eye mixes angeführte and angeführten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. angeführte runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCCCV) against angeführten's 11 (VCCVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
angeführte
11 ch
angeführten

Why the eye confuses angeführte with angeführten

A purely visual mix-up. angeführte ([ˈanɡəˌfyːɐ̯tə]) and angeführten ([ˈanɡəˌfyːɐ̯tn̩]) 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) - “angeführte” sits inside “angeführten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angeführte is recorded at frequency rank #40,376, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌfyːɐ̯tə]. angeführten is at rank #20,493, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌfyːɐ̯tn̩].

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 60869, this pair ranks #770,869 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of angeführte vs angeführten

Shared letters: aefghnrtü. Private to "angeführte": -. Private to "angeführten": -.

"angeführte" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCV  ·  "angeführten" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "angeführte" and "angeführten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌfyːɐ̯tə] versus [ˈanɡəˌfyːɐ̯tn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "angeführte" or "angeführten" show up more?
"angeführten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,493 in our German list, against #40,376 for "angeführte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "angeführte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angeführten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #770,869 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angeführte" and "angeführten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angeführte vs aufgeführte". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #770,869 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