eingebautvseingebautenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: eingebaut is a verb, eingebauten is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“eingebaut” is a verb and “eingebauten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,052
“eingebaut” frequency rank
#27,261
“eingebauten” frequency rank
33313
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eingebaut eingebauten
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs einbauen Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eingebaut

Where the eye mixes eingebaut and eingebauten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
eingebaut
11 ch
eingebauten

Look-alike desk: eingebaut vs eingebauten

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: eingebaut is [ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌbaʊ̯t] while eingebauten is [ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌbaʊ̯tn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “eingebaut” sits inside “eingebauten”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eingebaut is recorded at frequency rank #6,052, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌbaʊ̯t]. eingebauten is at rank #27,261, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌbaʊ̯tn̩].

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 33313, this pair ranks #1,688,675 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of eingebaut vs eingebauten

Shared letters: abegintu. Private to "eingebaut": -. Private to "eingebauten": -.

"eingebaut" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCVVC  ·  "eingebauten" · 11 letters · shape VVCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eingebauteignebaut · einegbaut · eingbeaut · eingeabut · eingebatu · eingebautt · eingebbaut · eingebuat
  • eingebauteneignebauten · einegbauten · eingbeauten · eingeabuten · eingebatuen · eingebauetn · eingebautenn · eingebautne

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "eingebaut" and "eingebauten" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eingebaut" is a verb and "eingebauten" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "eingebaut" vs "eingebauten" - which ranks higher?
"eingebaut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,052 in our German list, against #27,261 for "eingebauten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "eingebaut" and "eingebauten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "eingebaut" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "eingebauten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,688,675 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eingebaut" and "eingebauten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eingebauten vs eingeläutet". 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 #1,688,675 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