angelegtvsangelegteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: angelegt is a verb, angelegte is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“angelegt” is a verb and “angelegte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,503
“angelegt” frequency rank
#13,539
“angelegte” frequency rank
17042
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angelegt angelegte
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anlegen Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angelegt

Where the eye mixes angelegt and angelegte

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

8 ch
angelegt
9 ch
angelegte

Visual trap between angelegt and angelegte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angelegt is [ˈanɡəˌleːkt] while angelegte is [ˈanɡəˌleːktə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “angelegt” sits inside “angelegte”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angelegt is recorded at frequency rank #3,503, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌleːkt]. angelegte is at rank #13,539, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌleːktə].

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 17042, this pair ranks #1,930,851 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of angelegt vs angelegte

Shared letters: aeglnt. Private to "angelegt": -. Private to "angelegte": -.

"angelegt" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC  ·  "angelegte" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angelegtagnelegt · aneglegt · angeelgt · angeleggt · angelegtt · angeletg · angelget · angellegt
  • angelegteagnelegte · aneglegte · angeelgte · angeleget · angeleggte · angelegtte · angeletge · angelgete

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "angelegt" and "angelegte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "angelegt" is a verb and "angelegte" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "angelegt" or "angelegte" show up more?
"angelegt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,503 in our German list, against #13,539 for "angelegte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "angelegt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angelegte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,930,851 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angelegt" and "angelegte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angelegte vs angeleitet". 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 #1,930,851 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