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

#7,163
“einladen” frequency rank
#36,282
“einladend” frequency rank
43445
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature einladen einladend
Definition jemanden freundlich auffordern, bitten zu kommen, Gast zu sein oder mitzugehen, um gemeinsam etwas zu tun Partizip Präsens des Verbs einladen

Where the eye mixes einladen and einladend

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. einladen runs 8 letters (VVCCVCVC) against einladend's 9 (VVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
einladen
9 ch
einladend

Visual trap between einladen and einladend

A purely visual mix-up. einladen ([ˈaɪ̯nˌlaːdn̩]) and einladend ([ˈaɪ̯nˌlaːdn̩t]) 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 extra letter(s) - “einladen” sits inside “einladend”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

einladen is recorded at frequency rank #7,163, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌlaːdn̩]. einladend is at rank #36,282, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌlaːdn̩t].

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 43445, this pair ranks #1,417,885 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of einladen vs einladend

Shared letters: adeiln. Private to "einladen": -. Private to "einladend": -.

"einladen" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCVC  ·  "einladend" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • einladen ← eilnaden · einalden · einladden · einladenn · einladne · einlaedn · einldaen · einlladen
  • einladend ← eilnadend · einaldend · einladdend · einladedn · einladendd · einladennd · einladned · einlaednd

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "einladen" for "einladend" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɪ̯nˌlaːdn̩] versus [ˈaɪ̯nˌlaːdn̩t]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "einladen" or "einladend" show up more?
"einladen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,163 in our German list, against #36,282 for "einladend". 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 "einladen" and "einladend" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "einladen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "einladend" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,417,885 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "einladen" and "einladend" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "einladend vs Einlagen". 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 #1,417,885 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