Which to use
“angelegt” is a verb and “angelegten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,503
- “angelegt” frequency rank
- #11,587
- “angelegten” frequency rank
- 15090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | angelegt | angelegten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anlegen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angelegt |
Where the eye mixes angelegt and angelegten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: angelegt vs angelegten
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angelegt is [ˈanɡəˌleːkt] while angelegten is [ˈanɡəˌleːktn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “angelegt” sits inside “angelegten”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15090, 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]. angelegten is at rank #11,587, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌleːktn̩].
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 15090, this pair ranks #1,946,477 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of angelegt vs angelegten
Shared letters: aeglnt. Private to "angelegt": -. Private to "angelegten": -.
"angelegt" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "angelegten" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- angelegt ← agnelegt · aneglegt · angeelgt · angeleggt · angelegtt · angeletg · angelget · angellegt
- angelegten ← agnelegten · aneglegten · angeelgten · angelegetn · angeleggten · angelegtenn · angelegtne · angelegtten
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "angelegt" and "angelegten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "angelegt" vs "angelegten" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "angelegt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angelegten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,946,477 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "angelegt" and "angelegten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abgelegen vs angelegten". 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 #1,946,477 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.