etabliertevsetabliertenConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#13,138
“etablierte” frequency rank
#9,540
“etablierten” frequency rank
22678
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature etablierte etablierten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs etabliert Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs etabliert

Where the eye mixes etablierte and etablierten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

10 ch
etablierte
11 ch
etablierten

Why the eye confuses etablierte with etablierten

A purely visual mix-up. etablierte ([etaˈbliːɐ̯tə]) and etablierten ([etaˈbliːɐ̯tn̩]) 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) - “etablierte” sits inside “etablierten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22678, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

etablierte is recorded at frequency rank #13,138, classified as anadj, pronounced [etaˈbliːɐ̯tə]. 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 22678, this pair ranks #1,871,130 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of etablierte vs etablierten

Shared letters: abeilrt. Private to "etablierte": -. Private to "etablierten": n.

"etablierte" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVVCCV  ·  "etablierten" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • etablierteeatblierte · etabblierte · etabilerte · etableirte · etablieret · etablierrte · etabliertte · etablietre
  • etablierteneatblierten · etabblierten · etabilerten · etableirten · etablieretn · etablierrten · etabliertenn · etabliertne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "etablierte" and "etablierten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([etaˈbliːɐ̯tə] versus [etaˈbliːɐ̯tn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "etablierte" or "etablierten"?
"etablierten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,540 in our German list, against #13,138 for "etablierte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "etablierte" 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 #1,871,130 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "etablierte" and "etablierten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "etablierte 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 #1,871,130 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