ExperimentevsexperimentellConfusable pair

Quick tell: Experimente is a noun, experimentell is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Experimente” is a noun and “experimentell” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,359
“Experimente” frequency rank
#30,545
“experimentell” frequency rank
38904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Experimente experimentell
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Experiment auf (wissenschaftlichen) Versuchen basierend; mithilfe von (wissenschaftlichen) Versuchen

Where the eye mixes Experimente and experimentell

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.

11 ch
Experimente
13 ch
experimentell

Look-alike desk: Experimente vs experimentell

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Experimente is [ɛkspeʁiˈmɛntə] while experimentell is [ɛkspeʁimɛnˈtɛl]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Experimente” sits inside “experimentell”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Experimente is recorded at frequency rank #8,359, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɛkspeʁiˈmɛntə]. experimentell is at rank #30,545, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɛkspeʁimɛnˈtɛl].

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 38904, this pair ranks #1,551,501 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Experimente vs experimentell

Shared letters: eimnprtx. Private to "Experimente": -. Private to "experimentell": l.

"Experimente" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCCV  ·  "experimentell" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Experimenteepxerimente · exeprimente · expeirmente · experiemnte · experimenet · experimennte · experimentte · experimetne
  • experimentellepxerimentell · exeprimentell · expeirmentell · experiemntell · experimenetll · experimenntell · experimentel · experimentlel

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Experimente" and "experimentell" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Experimente" is a noun and "experimentell" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Experimente" or "experimentell" show up more?
"Experimente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,359 in our German list, against #30,545 for "experimentell". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Experimente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "experimentell" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,551,501 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Experimente" and "experimentell" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "experimental vs experimentell". 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 #1,551,501 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