Which to use
“dominieren” is a verb and “dominierte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,339
- “dominieren” frequency rank
- #21,572
- “dominierte” frequency rank
- 34911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dominieren | dominierte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jemanden, etwas beherrschen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dominiert |
Where the eye mixes dominieren and dominierte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. dominieren (CVCVCVVCVC) and dominierte (CVCVCVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: dominieren vs dominierte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dominieren is [domiˈniːʁən] while dominierte is [domiˈniːɐ̯tə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dominieren is recorded at frequency rank #13,339, classified as averb, pronounced [domiˈniːʁən]. dominierte is at rank #21,572, tagged as anadj, pronounced [domiˈniːɐ̯tə].
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 34911, this pair ranks #1,652,436 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dominieren vs dominierte
Shared letters: deimnor. Private to "dominieren": -. Private to "dominierte": t.
"dominieren" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC · "dominierte" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dominieren ← ddominieren · dmoinieren · doimnieren · domiineren · domineiren · dominieern · dominierenn · dominierne
- dominierte ← ddominierte · dmoinierte · doimnierte · domiinerte · domineirte · dominieret · dominierrte · dominiertte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dominieren" for "dominierte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dominieren" vs "dominierte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dominieren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dominierte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,652,436 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dominieren" and "dominierte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dominieren vs dominierende". 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 #1,652,436 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.