editedvsimagesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“edited” and “images” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,895
“edited” frequency rank
#14,328
“images” frequency rank
51223
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature edited images
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs edit 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs image

Letter map: edited vs images

Shared letters muted; letters that set edited and images apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. edited and images follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
edited
6 ch
images

Corpus notes: edited and images

edited and images 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 share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

edited is recorded at frequency rank #36,895, classified as averb, pronounced […]. images is at rank #14,328, 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 51223, this pair ranks #1,143,802 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of edited vs images

Shared letters: ei. Private to "edited": dt. Private to "images": agms.

"edited" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "images" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • editeddeited · eddited · edietd · editde · editedd · editted · edtied · eidted
  • imagesiamges · imaegs · imagess · imagges · imagse · imgaes · immages · miages

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "edited" and "images" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "edited" vs "images" - which ranks higher?
"images" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,328 in our German list, against #36,895 for "edited". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "edited" and "images".

  • Full dictionary entry for "edited" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "images" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,143,802 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "edited" and "images" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edited 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 #1,143,802 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