Which to use
“designed” and “designen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,566
- “designed” frequency rank
- #44,522
- “designen” frequency rank
- 91088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | designed | designen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs design | ein Form für etwas entwerfen, gestalten |
Letter map: designed vs designen
Shared letters muted; letters that set designed and designen apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Corpus notes: designed and designen
designed and designen 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 a single letter - d in “designed” becomes n in “designen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
designed is recorded at frequency rank #46,566, classified as averb, pronounced […]. designen is at rank #44,522, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˌdiˈzaɪ̯nən].
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 91088, this pair ranks #40,965 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of designed vs designen
Shared letters: degins. Private to "designed": -. Private to "designen": -.
"designed" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "designen" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "designed" for "designen" ever safe?
Frequency check: "designed" vs "designen" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "designed" vs "designen" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "designed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "designen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,965 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "designed" and "designen" 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 #40,965 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.