Which to use
“belastend” and “belastende” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,066
- “belastend” frequency rank
- #39,831
- “belastende” frequency rank
- 64897
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | belastend | belastende |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine körperliche, seelische oder finanzielle Belastung hervorrufend | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs belastend |
Where the eye mixes belastend and belastende
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. belastend runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against belastende's 10 (CVCVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: belastend vs belastende
A purely visual mix-up. belastend ([bəˈlastn̩t]) and belastende ([bəˈlastn̩də]) 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) - “belastend” sits inside “belastende”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
belastend is recorded at frequency rank #25,066, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈlastn̩t]. belastende is at rank #39,831, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈlastn̩də].
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 64897, this pair ranks #625,494 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of belastend vs belastende
Shared letters: abdelnst. Private to "belastend": -. Private to "belastende": -.
"belastend" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "belastende" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- belastend ← bbelastend · bealstend · belasetnd · belasstend · belastedn · belastendd · belastennd · belastned
- belastende ← bbelastende · bealstende · belasetnde · belasstende · belastedne · belastendde · belastened · belastennde
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "belastend" for "belastende" ever safe?
Frequency check: "belastend" vs "belastende" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "belastend" and "belastende" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "belastend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "belastende" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #625,494 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "belastend" and "belastende" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "belastende vs beratende". 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 #625,494 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.