eingetragenvseintragenTell them apart

Which to use

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

#5,935
“eingetragen” frequency rank
#11,221
“eintragen” frequency rank
17156
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eingetragen eintragen
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs eintragen etwas schriftlich festhalten, zum Beispiel in eine Liste oder ein Heft einschreiben

Where the eye mixes eingetragen and eintragen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. eingetragen runs 11 letters (VVCCVCCVCVC) against eintragen's 9 (VVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
eingetragen
9 ch
eintragen

Look-alike desk: eingetragen vs eintragen

A purely visual mix-up. eingetragen ([ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌtʁaːɡn̩]) and eintragen ([ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁaːɡn̩]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17156, 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]. eintragen is at rank #11,221, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁaːɡn̩].

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 17156, this pair ranks #1,929,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of eingetragen vs eintragen

Shared letters: aeginrt. Private to "eingetragen": -. Private to "eintragen": -.

"eingetragen" · 11 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCVC  ·  "eintragen" · 9 letters · shape VVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eingetragen ← eignetragen · einegtragen · eingertagen · eingetargen · eingetraegn · eingetragenn · eingetraggen · eingetragne
  • eintragen ← einntragen · einrtagen · eintargen · eintraegn · eintragenn · eintraggen · eintragne · eintrgaen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eingetragen" and "eintragen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɪ̯nɡəˌtʁaːɡn̩] versus [ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁaːɡn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "eingetragen" or "eintragen" show up more?
"eingetragen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,935 in our German list, against #11,221 for "eintragen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "eingetragen" and "eintragen" 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 "eintragen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,929,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eingetragen" and "eintragen" 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 #1,929,875 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