Which to use
“designed” and “designt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,566
- “designed” frequency rank
- #41,740
- “designt” frequency rank
- 88306
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | designed | designt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs design | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs designen |
Letter map: designed vs designt
Shared letters muted; letters that set designed and designt apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Spelling & dictionary notes on designed vs designt
designed and designt 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 88306, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
designed is recorded at frequency rank #46,566, classified as averb, pronounced […]. designt is at rank #41,740, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˌdiˈzaɪ̯nt].
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 88306, this pair ranks #69,873 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of designed vs designt
Shared letters: degins. Private to "designed": -. Private to "designt": t.
"designed" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "designt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "designed" and "designt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "designed" vs "designt" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "designed" and "designt". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "designed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "designt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,873 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "designed" and "designt" 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 #69,873 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.