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

#5,935
“eingetragen” frequency rank
#10,069
“eingetreten” frequency rank
16004
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eingetragen eingetreten
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs eintragen Partizip Perfekt des Verbs eintreten

Where the eye mixes eingetragen and eingetreten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. eingetragen and eingetreten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
eingetragen
11 ch
eingetreten

Look-alike desk: eingetragen vs eingetreten

A purely visual mix-up. eingetragen ([ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌtʁaːɡn̩]) and eingetreten ([ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌtʁeːtn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eingetragen is recorded at frequency rank #5,935, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌtʁaːɡn̩]. eingetreten is at rank #10,069, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌtʁeːtn̩].

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 16004, this pair ranks #1,939,408 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of eingetragen vs eingetreten

Shared letters: eginrt. Private to "eingetragen": a. Private to "eingetreten": -.

"eingetragen" · 11 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCVC  ·  "eingetreten" · 11 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eingetragen ← eignetragen · einegtragen · eingertagen · eingetargen · eingetraegn · eingetragenn · eingetraggen · eingetragne
  • eingetreten ← eignetreten · einegtreten · eingerteten · eingeterten · eingetreetn · eingetretenn · eingetretne · eingetretten

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "eingetragen" for "eingetreten" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌtʁaːɡn̩] versus [ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌtʁeːtn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "eingetragen" or "eingetreten"?
"eingetragen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,935 in our German list, against #10,069 for "eingetreten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "eingetragen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "eingetreten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,939,408 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eingetragen" and "eingetreten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eingetragen vs eingetragener". 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 #1,939,408 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