Which to use
“angelegte” and “angelegten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,539
- “angelegte” frequency rank
- #11,587
- “angelegten” frequency rank
- 25126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | angelegte | angelegten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angelegt | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angelegt |
Where the eye mixes angelegte and angelegten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. angelegte runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCCV) against angelegten's 10 (VCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses angelegte with angelegten
A purely visual mix-up. angelegte ([ˈanɡəˌleːktə]) and angelegten ([ˈanɡəˌleːktn̩]) 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) - “angelegte” sits inside “angelegten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
angelegte is recorded at frequency rank #13,539, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌleːktə]. 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 25126, this pair ranks #1,837,766 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of angelegte vs angelegten
Shared letters: aeglnt. Private to "angelegte": -. Private to "angelegten": -.
"angelegte" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "angelegten" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- angelegte ← agnelegte · aneglegte · angeelgte · angeleget · angeleggte · angelegtte · angeletge · angelgete
- angelegten ← agnelegten · aneglegten · angeelgten · angelegetn · angeleggten · angelegtenn · angelegtne · angelegtten
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "angelegte" and "angelegten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "angelegte" or "angelegten" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "angelegte" and "angelegten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "angelegte" 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 #1,837,766 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "angelegte" 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 #1,837,766 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.