Which to use
“Design” is a noun and “designed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,199
- “Design” frequency rank
- #46,566
- “designed” frequency rank
- 48765
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Design | designed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die Gestaltung eines Produktes hinsichtlich Erscheinungsbild und Benutzbarkeit | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs design |
Letter map: Design vs designed
Shared letters muted; letters that set Design and designed apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for Design / designed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Design is anoun and designedaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Design” sits inside “designed”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Design is recorded at frequency rank #2,199, classified as anoun, pronounced [diˈzaɪ̯n]. designed is at rank #46,566, 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 48765, this pair ranks #1,236,487 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Design vs designed
Shared letters: degins. Private to "Design": -. Private to "designed": -.
"Design" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "designed" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Design" and "designed" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "Design" or "designed" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "Design" vs "designed" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Design" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "designed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,236,487 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Design" and "designed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "designed 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 #1,236,487 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.