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“doppelt” and “doppelter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,950
- “doppelt” frequency rank
- #15,065
- “doppelter” frequency rank
- 18015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doppelt | doppelter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | in zweifacher Ausführung | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs doppelt |
Where the eye mixes doppelt and doppelter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: doppelt vs doppelter
A purely visual mix-up. doppelt ([ˈdɔpl̩t]) and doppelter ([ˈdɔpl̩tɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “doppelt” sits inside “doppelter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doppelt is recorded at frequency rank #2,950, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈdɔpl̩t]. doppelter is at rank #15,065, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈdɔpl̩tɐ].
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 18015, this pair ranks #1,922,188 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of doppelt vs doppelter
Shared letters: delopt. Private to "doppelt": -. Private to "doppelter": r.
"doppelt" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "doppelter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "doppelt" for "doppelter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "doppelt" vs "doppelter" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "doppelt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doppelter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,922,188 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doppelt" and "doppelter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doppeltem vs doppelter". 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 #1,922,188 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.