edited vs running, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#36,895
“edited” frequency rank: #15,470
“running” frequency rank: 52365
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	edited	running
Definition	Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs edit	Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs run

Letter map: edited vs running

Shared letters muted; letters that set edited and running apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. edited runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against running's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch

edited

7 ch

running

Spelling & dictionary notes on edited vs running

edited and running 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

edited is recorded at frequency rank #36,895, classified as averb, pronounced […]. running is at rank #15,470, 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 52365, this pair ranks #1,099,711 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of edited vs running

Shared letters: i. Private to "edited": det. Private to "running": gnru.

"edited" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "running" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

edited ← deited · eddited · edietd · editde · editedd · editted · edtied · eidted
running ← rnuning · rrunning · runing · runinng · runnign · runningg · runninng · runnnig

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "edited" and "running" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary German text, does "edited" or "running" show up more?

"running" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,470 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.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "edited" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "running" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,099,711 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"edited" and "running" 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 #1,099,711 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.