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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.

7 ch
doppelt
9 ch
doppelter

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

  • doppeltddoppelt · dopelt · dopeplt · doppellt · doppeltt · doppetl · dopplet · dpopelt
  • doppelterddoppelter · dopelter · dopeplter · doppeletr · doppellter · doppelterr · doppeltre · doppeltter

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "doppelt" for "doppelter" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈdɔpl̩t] versus [ˈdɔpl̩tɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "doppelt" vs "doppelter" - which ranks higher?
"doppelt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,950 in our German list, against #15,065 for "doppelter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list