Which to use
“angehäuft” is an adjective and “angekauft” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,201
- “angehäuft” frequency rank
- #46,464
- “angekauft” frequency rank
- 85665
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | angehäuft | angekauft |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | beschreibt eine erhebliche über einen längeren Zeitraum angesammelte Menge von etwas Wertvollem (zum Beispiel Vermögen) oder etwas Negativem (zum Beispiel Schulden) | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs ankaufen |
Where the eye mixes angehäuft and angekauft
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. angehäuft and angekauft follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: angehäuft vs angekauft
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angehäuft is [ˈanɡəˌhɔɪ̯ft] while angekauft is [ˈanɡəˌkaʊ̯ft]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
angehäuft is recorded at frequency rank #39,201, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌhɔɪ̯ft]. angekauft is at rank #46,464, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌkaʊ̯ft].
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 85665, this pair ranks #104,872 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of angehäuft vs angekauft
Shared letters: aefgntu. Private to "angehäuft": hä. Private to "angekauft": k.
"angehäuft" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC · "angekauft" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- angekauft ← agnekauft · anegkauft · angeakuft · angekafut · angekaufft · angekauftt · angekautf · angekkauft
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "angehäuft" for "angekauft" ever safe?
Which is more common, "angehäuft" or "angekauft"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "angehäuft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angekauft" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,872 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "angehäuft" and "angekauft" 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 #104,872 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.