Which to use
“designed” and “et” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,566
- “designed” frequency rank
- #1,447
- “et” frequency rank
- 48013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | designed | et |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs design | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs eat |
Letter map: designed vs et
Shared letters muted; letters that set designed and et apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Corpus notes: designed and et
designed and et 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 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
designed is recorded at frequency rank #46,566, classified as averb, pronounced […]. et is at rank #1,447, 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 48013, this pair ranks #1,263,984 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of designed vs et
Shared letters: e. Private to "designed": dgins. Private to "et": t.
"designed" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "et" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- designed ← ddesigned · deisgned · desgined · desigend · desiggned · designde · designedd · designned
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "designed" for "et" ever safe?
Frequency check: "designed" vs "et" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "designed" and "et". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "designed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "et" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,263,984 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "designed" and "et" 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 #1,263,984 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.