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

#4,676
“angepasst” frequency rank
#24,236
“angepasste” frequency rank
28912
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angepasst angepasste
Definition (von Personen) häufig : sich aus opportunistischen Gründen mit etwas arrangiert / abgefunden habend Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angepasst

Where the eye mixes angepasst and angepasste

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. angepasst runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCCC) against angepasste's 10 (VCCVCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
angepasst
10 ch
angepasste

Look-alike desk: angepasst vs angepasste

A purely visual mix-up. angepasst ([ˈanɡəˌpast]) and angepasste ([ˈanɡəˌpastə]) 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) - “angepasst” sits inside “angepasste”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angepasst is recorded at frequency rank #4,676, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌpast]. angepasste is at rank #24,236, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌpastə].

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 28912, this pair ranks #1,776,338 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of angepasst vs angepasste

Shared letters: aegnpst. Private to "angepasst": -. Private to "angepasste": -.

"angepasst" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC  ·  "angepasste" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angepasst ← agnepasst · anegpasst · angeapsst · angepasstt · angepast · angepasts · angepaßt · angeppasst
  • angepasste ← agnepasste · anegpasste · angeapsste · angepasset · angepasstte · angepaste · angepastse · angepaßte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "angepasst" for "angepasste" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌpast] versus [ˈanɡəˌpastə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "angepasst" or "angepasste" show up more?
"angepasst" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,676 in our German list, against #24,236 for "angepasste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "angepasst" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angepasste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,776,338 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angepasst" and "angepasste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angepasste vs angepassten". 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 #1,776,338 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