Which to use
“eintreffen” and “eintreten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,040
- “eintreffen” frequency rank
- #7,459
- “eintreten” frequency rank
- 18499
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | eintreffen | eintreten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ankommen, nach einer Reise am geplanten Ziel ankommen | eintreten in …; Hilfsverb „sein:“ einen Raum betreten |
Where the eye mixes eintreffen and eintreten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between eintreffen and eintreten
A purely visual mix-up. eintreffen ([ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁɛfn̩]) and eintreten ([ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁeːtn̩]) 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 18499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
eintreffen is recorded at frequency rank #11,040, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁɛfn̩]. eintreten is at rank #7,459, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁeːtn̩].
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 18499, this pair ranks #1,917,616 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of eintreffen vs eintreten
Shared letters: einrt. Private to "eintreffen": f. Private to "eintreten": -.
"eintreffen" · 10 letters · shape VVCCCVCCVC · "eintreten" · 9 letters · shape VVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- eintreffen ← einntreffen · einrteffen · einterffen · eintrefefn · eintrefen · eintreffenn · eintreffne · eintrfefen
- eintreten ← einntreten · einrteten · einterten · eintreetn · eintretenn · eintretne · eintretten · eintrreten
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "eintreffen" and "eintreten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "eintreffen" or "eintreten" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "eintreffen" and "eintreten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "eintreffen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "eintreten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,917,616 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "eintreffen" and "eintreten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eintreffen vs eintreiben". 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 #1,917,616 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.