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

#23,007
“angekündigte” frequency rank
#20,825
“angekündigten” frequency rank
43832
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angekündigte angekündigten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angekündigt Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angekündigt

Where the eye mixes angekündigte and angekündigten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. angekündigte runs 12 letters (VCCVCVCCVCCV) against angekündigten's 13 (VCCVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
angekündigte
13 ch
angekündigten

Visual trap between angekündigte and angekündigten

A purely visual mix-up. angekündigte ([ˈanɡəˌkʏndɪçtə]) and angekündigten ([ˈanɡəˌkʏndɪçtn̩]) 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) - “angekündigte” sits inside “angekündigten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angekündigte is recorded at frequency rank #23,007, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌkʏndɪçtə]. angekündigten is at rank #20,825, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌkʏndɪçtn̩].

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 43832, this pair ranks #1,405,531 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of angekündigte vs angekündigten

Shared letters: adegikntü. Private to "angekündigte": -. Private to "angekündigten": -.

"angekündigte" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCCV  ·  "angekündigten" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "angekündigte" and "angekündigten" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌkʏndɪçtə] versus [ˈanɡəˌkʏndɪçtn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "angekündigte" or "angekündigten" show up more?
"angekündigten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,825 in our German list, against #23,007 for "angekündigte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "angekündigte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angekündigten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,405,531 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angekündigte" and "angekündigten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angekündigte vs ankündigte". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,405,531 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