beleidigevsbeleidigteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: beleidige is a verb, beleidigte is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“beleidige” is a verb and “beleidigte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,803
“beleidige” frequency rank
#34,002
“beleidigte” frequency rank
79805
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature beleidige beleidigte
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beleidigen Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs beleidigt

Where the eye mixes beleidige and beleidigte

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

9 ch
beleidige
10 ch
beleidigte

Visual trap between beleidige and beleidigte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: beleidige is [bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡə] while beleidigte is [bəˈlaɪ̯dɪçtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

beleidige is recorded at frequency rank #45,803, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡə]. beleidigte is at rank #34,002, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈlaɪ̯dɪçtə].

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 79805, this pair ranks #208,690 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of beleidige vs beleidigte

Shared letters: bdegil. Private to "beleidige": -. Private to "beleidigte": t.

"beleidige" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV  ·  "beleidigte" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • beleidigebbeleidige · beelidige · belediige · beleiddige · beleidgie · beleidieg · beleidigge · beleiidge
  • beleidigtebbeleidigte · beelidigte · belediigte · beleiddigte · beleidgite · beleidiget · beleidiggte · beleidigtte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "beleidige" and "beleidigte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "beleidige" is a verb and "beleidigte" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "beleidige" or "beleidigte"?
"beleidigte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,002 in our German list, against #45,803 for "beleidige". 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 "beleidige" and "beleidigte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "beleidige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "beleidigte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #208,690 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "beleidige" and "beleidigte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beleidige vs beteilige". 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 #208,690 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