engagiertvsengagiertenConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#4,977
“engagiert” frequency rank
#13,810
“engagierten” frequency rank
18787
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature engagiert engagierten
Definition vehement für eine Sache eintretend, ein starkes Interesse an einer Sache habend Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs engagiert

Where the eye mixes engagiert and engagierten

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

9 ch
engagiert
11 ch
engagierten

Look-alike desk: engagiert vs engagierten

A purely visual mix-up. engagiert ([ɑ̃ɡaˈʒiːɐ̯t]) and engagierten ([ɑ̃ɡaˈʒiːɐ̯tn̩]) 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 extra letter(s) - “engagiert” sits inside “engagierten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

engagiert is recorded at frequency rank #4,977, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɑ̃ɡaˈʒiːɐ̯t]. engagierten is at rank #13,810, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɑ̃ɡaˈʒiːɐ̯tn̩].

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 18787, this pair ranks #1,914,932 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of engagiert vs engagierten

Shared letters: aeginrt. Private to "engagiert": -. Private to "engagierten": -.

"engagiert" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC  ·  "engagierten" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • engagiertegnagiert · enaggiert · engageirt · engaggiert · engagierrt · engagiertt · engagietr · engagiret
  • engagiertenegnagierten · enaggierten · engageirten · engaggierten · engagieretn · engagierrten · engagiertenn · engagiertne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "engagiert" for "engagierten" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ɑ̃ɡaˈʒiːɐ̯t] versus [ɑ̃ɡaˈʒiːɐ̯tn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "engagiert" or "engagierten"?
"engagiert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,977 in our German list, against #13,810 for "engagierten". 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 "engagiert" and "engagierten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "engagiert" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "engagierten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,914,932 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "engagiert" and "engagierten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engagierten vs engagierter". 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 #1,914,932 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