Which to use
“erinnere” is a verb and “erinnerte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,437
- “erinnere” frequency rank
- #6,921
- “erinnerte” frequency rank
- 10358
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | erinnere | erinnerte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erinnern | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erinnert |
Where the eye mixes erinnere and erinnerte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. erinnere runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against erinnerte's 9 (VCVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: erinnere vs erinnerte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: erinnere is [ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪnəʁə] while erinnerte is [ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪnɐtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
erinnere is recorded at frequency rank #3,437, classified as averb, pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪnəʁə]. erinnerte is at rank #6,921, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪnɐtə].
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 10358, this pair ranks #1,975,540 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of erinnere vs erinnerte
Shared letters: einr. Private to "erinnere": -. Private to "erinnerte": t.
"erinnere" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "erinnerte" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "erinnere" and "erinnerte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "erinnere" vs "erinnerte" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "erinnere" and "erinnerte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "erinnere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "erinnerte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,975,540 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "erinnere" and "erinnerte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "erinner vs erinnerte". 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 #1,975,540 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.