Which to use
“empörte” and “empörten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,772
- “empörte” frequency rank
- #41,773
- “empörten” frequency rank
- 83545
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | empörte | empörten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört |
Where the eye mixes empörte and empörten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between empörte and empörten
A purely visual mix-up. empörte ([ɛmˈpøːɐ̯tə]) and empörten ([ɛmˈpøːɐ̯tn̩]) 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) - “empörte” sits inside “empörten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
empörte is recorded at frequency rank #41,772, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɛmˈpøːɐ̯tə]. empörten is at rank #41,773, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɛmˈpøːɐ̯tn̩].
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 83545, this pair ranks #138,154 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of empörte vs empörten
Shared letters: emprtö. Private to "empörte": -. Private to "empörten": n.
"empörte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "empörten" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "empörte" and "empörten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "empörte" or "empörten"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "empörte" and "empörten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "empörte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "empörten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,154 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "empörte" and "empörten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Empirie vs empörte". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #138,154 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.