Which to use
“erinnerte” and “erinnerten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,921
- “erinnerte” frequency rank
- #28,176
- “erinnerten” frequency rank
- 35097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | erinnerte | erinnerten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erinnert | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erinnert |
Where the eye mixes erinnerte and erinnerten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. erinnerte runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCCV) against erinnerten's 10 (VCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: erinnerte vs erinnerten
A purely visual mix-up. erinnerte ([ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪnɐtə]) and erinnerten ([ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪnɐtn̩]) 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) - “erinnerte” sits inside “erinnerten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
erinnerte is recorded at frequency rank #6,921, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪnɐtə]. erinnerten is at rank #28,176, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪnɐtn̩].
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 35097, this pair ranks #1,648,147 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of erinnerte vs erinnerten
Shared letters: einrt. Private to "erinnerte": -. Private to "erinnerten": -.
"erinnerte" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV · "erinnerten" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- erinnerte ← eirnnerte · erinenrte · erinerte · erinneret · erinnerrte · erinnertte · erinnetre · erinnrete
- erinnerten ← eirnnerten · erinenrten · erinerten · erinneretn · erinnerrten · erinnertenn · erinnertne · erinnertten
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "erinnerte" and "erinnerten" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "erinnerte" or "erinnerten"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "erinnerte" and "erinnerten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "erinnerte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "erinnerten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,648,147 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "erinnerte" and "erinnerten" 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 #1,648,147 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.