Which to use
“enttäuscht” and “enttäuschten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,890
- “enttäuscht” frequency rank
- #45,902
- “enttäuschten” frequency rank
- 48792
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enttäuscht | enttäuschten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | negativ überrascht, eine schlechte Erfahrung machend | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enttäuscht |
Where the eye mixes enttäuscht and enttäuschten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. enttäuscht ([ɛntˈtɔɪ̯ʃt]) and enttäuschten ([ɛntˈtɔɪ̯ʃtn̩]) 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) - “enttäuscht” sits inside “enttäuschten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enttäuscht is recorded at frequency rank #2,890, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɛntˈtɔɪ̯ʃt]. enttäuschten is at rank #45,902, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɛntˈtɔɪ̯ʃtn̩].
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 48792, this pair ranks #1,235,471 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enttäuscht vs enttäuschten
Shared letters: cehnstuä. Private to "enttäuscht": -. Private to "enttäuschten": -.
"enttäuscht" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVVCCCC · "enttäuschten" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVVCCCCVC