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

#1,032
“entwickelt” frequency rank
#38,080
“entwickeltes” frequency rank
39112
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entwickelt entwickeltes
Definition aus einer Entwicklung hervorgehend Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entwickelt

Where the eye mixes entwickelt and entwickeltes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. entwickelt runs 10 letters (VCCCVCCVCC) against entwickeltes's 12 (VCCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
entwickelt
12 ch
entwickeltes

Why the eye confuses entwickelt with entwickeltes

A purely visual mix-up. entwickelt ([ɛntˈvɪkl̩t]) and entwickeltes ([ɛntˈvɪkl̩təs]) 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) - “entwickelt” sits inside “entwickeltes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entwickelt is recorded at frequency rank #1,032, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɛntˈvɪkl̩t]. entwickeltes is at rank #38,080, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɛntˈvɪkl̩təs].

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 39112, this pair ranks #1,545,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of entwickelt vs entwickeltes

Shared letters: ceiklntw. Private to "entwickelt": -. Private to "entwickeltes": s.

"entwickelt" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCC  ·  "entwickeltes" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entwickeltenntwickelt · entiwckelt · enttwickelt · entwcikelt · entwicckelt · entwiceklt · entwickellt · entwickeltt
  • entwickeltesenntwickeltes · entiwckeltes · enttwickeltes · entwcikeltes · entwicckeltes · entwicekltes · entwickelets · entwickelltes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "entwickelt" for "entwickeltes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ɛntˈvɪkl̩t] versus [ɛntˈvɪkl̩təs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "entwickelt" vs "entwickeltes" - which ranks higher?
"entwickelt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,032 in our German list, against #38,080 for "entwickeltes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "entwickelt" and "entwickeltes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entwickelt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entwickeltes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,545,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entwickelt" and "entwickeltes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entwickelter vs entwickeltes". 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 #1,545,756 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