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

#7,163
“einladen” frequency rank
#23,905
“einlösen” frequency rank
31068
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature einladen einlösen
Definition jemanden freundlich auffordern, bitten zu kommen, Gast zu sein oder mitzugehen, um gemeinsam etwas zu tun gegen einen vereinbarten Gegenwert eintauschen

Where the eye mixes einladen and einlösen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. einladen and einlösen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
einladen
8 ch
einlösen

Look-alike desk: einladen vs einlösen

A purely visual mix-up. einladen ([ˈaɪ̯nˌlaːdn̩]) and einlösen ([ˈaɪ̯nˌløːzn̩]) 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 31068, 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]. einlösen is at rank #23,905, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌløːzn̩].

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 31068, this pair ranks #1,735,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of einladen vs einlösen

Shared letters: eiln. Private to "einladen": ad. Private to "einlösen": sö.

"einladen" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCVC  ·  "einlösen" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • einladen ← eilnaden · einalden · einladden · einladenn · einladne · einlaedn · einldaen · einlladen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "einladen" and "einlösen" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɪ̯nˌlaːdn̩] versus [ˈaɪ̯nˌløːzn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "einladen" or "einlösen" show up more?
"einladen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,163 in our German list, against #23,905 for "einlösen". 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 "einladen" and "einlösen" 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 "einlösen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,735,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "einladen" and "einlösen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "einloggen vs einlösen". 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 #1,735,448 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