dachtevsdanteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#658
“dachte” frequency rank
#11,844
“dante” frequency rank
12502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dachte dante
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs denken Partizip Präsens des Verbs dare

Letter map: dachte vs dante

Shared letters muted; letters that set dachte and dante apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
dachte
5 ch
dante

Corpus notes: dachte and dante

dachte and dante are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dachte is recorded at frequency rank #658, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈdaxtə]. dante is at rank #11,844, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 12502, this pair ranks #1,963,792 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dachte vs dante

Shared letters: adet. Private to "dachte": ch. Private to "dante": n.

"dachte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "dante" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dachteadchte · dacchte · dachet · dachhte · dachtte · dacthe · dahcte · dcahte
  • danteadnte · danet · dannte · dantte · ddante · dnate

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dachte" for "dante" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "dachte" or "dante"?
"dachte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #658 in our German list, against #11,844 for "dante". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "dachte" vs "dante" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dachte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,963,792 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dachte" and "dante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dante vs puzzles". 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 #1,963,792 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