anmeldenvsanmeldetWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#4,487
“anmelden” frequency rank
#46,469
“anmeldet” frequency rank
50956
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature anmelden anmeldet
Definition Bescheid sagen, dass etwas geschehen wird 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anmelden

Where the eye mixes anmelden and anmeldet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. anmelden and anmeldet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
anmelden
8 ch
anmeldet

Visual trap between anmelden and anmeldet

A purely visual mix-up. anmelden ([ˈanˌmɛldn̩]) and anmeldet ([ˈanˌmɛldət]) 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 a single letter - n in “anmelden” becomes t in “anmeldet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

anmelden is recorded at frequency rank #4,487, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈanˌmɛldn̩]. anmeldet is at rank #46,469, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈanˌmɛldət].

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 50956, this pair ranks #1,154,002 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of anmelden vs anmeldet

Shared letters: adelmn. Private to "anmelden": -. Private to "anmeldet": t.

"anmelden" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "anmeldet" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • anmelden ← amnelden · anemlden · anmedlen · anmeldden · anmeldenn · anmeldne · anmeledn · anmellden
  • anmeldet ← amneldet · anemldet · anmedlet · anmelddet · anmeldett · anmeldte · anmeledt · anmelldet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "anmelden" and "anmeldet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanˌmɛldn̩] versus [ˈanˌmɛldət]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "anmelden" or "anmeldet"?
"anmelden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,487 in our German list, against #46,469 for "anmeldet". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "anmelden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "anmeldet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,154,002 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "anmelden" and "anmeldet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abmelden vs anmeldet". 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 #1,154,002 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