Which to use
“etablieren” is a verb and “etablierten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,706
- “etablieren” frequency rank
- #9,540
- “etablierten” frequency rank
- 18246
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | etablieren | etablierten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas dauerhaft einrichten, ins Leben rufen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs etabliert |
Where the eye mixes etablieren and etablierten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between etablieren and etablierten
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: etablieren is [etaˈbliːʁən] while etablierten is [etaˈbliːɐ̯tn̩]. 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 18246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
etablieren is recorded at frequency rank #8,706, classified as averb, pronounced [etaˈbliːʁən]. etablierten is at rank #9,540, tagged as anadj, pronounced [etaˈbliːɐ̯tn̩].
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 18246, this pair ranks #1,920,064 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of etablieren vs etablierten
Shared letters: abeilnrt. Private to "etablieren": -. Private to "etablierten": -.
"etablieren" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVVCVC · "etablierten" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- etablieren ← eatblieren · etabblieren · etabileren · etableiren · etablieern · etablierenn · etablierne · etablierren
- etablierten ← eatblierten · etabblierten · etabilerten · etableirten · etablieretn · etablierrten · etabliertenn · etabliertne
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "etablieren" and "etablierten" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "etablieren" or "etablierten" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "etablieren" and "etablierten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "etablieren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "etablierten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,920,064 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "etablieren" and "etablierten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "etablierten vs etablierter". 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 #1,920,064 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.