eingereichtvseingeweihtTell them apart

Which to use

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

#8,549
“eingereicht” frequency rank
#10,260
“eingeweiht” frequency rank
18809
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eingereicht eingeweiht
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs einreichen Partizip Perfekt des Verbs einweihen

Where the eye mixes eingereicht and eingeweiht

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

11 ch
eingereicht
10 ch
eingeweiht

Why the eye confuses eingereicht with eingeweiht

A purely visual mix-up. eingereicht ([ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌʁaɪ̯çt]) and eingeweiht ([ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌvaɪ̯t]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eingereicht is recorded at frequency rank #8,549, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌʁaɪ̯çt]. eingeweiht is at rank #10,260, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌvaɪ̯t].

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 18809, this pair ranks #1,914,727 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of eingereicht vs eingeweiht

Shared letters: eghint. Private to "eingereicht": cr. Private to "eingeweiht": w.

"eingereicht" · 11 letters · shape VVCCVCVVCCC  ·  "eingeweiht" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eingereichteignereicht · einegreicht · eingeericht · eingereciht · eingereiccht · eingereichht · eingereichtt · eingereicth
  • eingeweihteigneweiht · einegweiht · eingeewiht · eingewehit · eingeweihht · eingeweihtt · eingeweith · eingewieht

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eingereicht" and "eingeweiht" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌʁaɪ̯çt] versus [ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌvaɪ̯t]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "eingereicht" or "eingeweiht" show up more?
"eingereicht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,549 in our German list, against #10,260 for "eingeweiht". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "eingereicht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "eingeweiht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,914,727 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eingereicht" and "eingeweiht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eingeweiht vs eingeweihte". 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 #1,914,727 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