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“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.

9 ch
angelegte
10 ch
angelegten

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?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌleːktə] versus [ˈanɡəˌleːktn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "angelegte" or "angelegten" show up more?
"angelegten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,587 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list