favorisiertvsfavorisierteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: favorisiert is a verb, favorisierte is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“favorisiert” is a verb and “favorisierte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,005
“favorisiert” frequency rank
#41,159
“favorisierte” frequency rank
67164
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature favorisiert favorisierte
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs favorisieren Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs favorisiert

Where the eye mixes favorisiert and favorisierte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. favorisiert runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCVVCC) against favorisierte's 12 (CVCVCVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
favorisiert
12 ch
favorisierte

Why the eye confuses favorisiert with favorisierte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: favorisiert is [favoʁiˈziːɐ̯t] while favorisierte is [favoʁiˈziːɐ̯tə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “favorisiert” sits inside “favorisierte”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67164, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

favorisiert is recorded at frequency rank #26,005, classified as averb, pronounced [favoʁiˈziːɐ̯t]. favorisierte is at rank #41,159, tagged as anadj, pronounced [favoʁiˈziːɐ̯tə].

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 67164, this pair ranks #549,192 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of favorisiert vs favorisierte

Shared letters: aefiorstv. Private to "favorisiert": -. Private to "favorisierte": -.

"favorisiert" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC  ·  "favorisierte" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • favorisiert ← afvorisiert · faovrisiert · favoirsiert · favoriisert · favoriseirt · favorisierrt · favorisiertt · favorisietr
  • favorisierte ← afvorisierte · faovrisierte · favoirsierte · favoriiserte · favoriseirte · favorisieret · favorisierrte · favorisiertte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "favorisiert" and "favorisierte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "favorisiert" is a verb and "favorisierte" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "favorisiert" vs "favorisierte" - which ranks higher?
"favorisiert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,005 in our German list, against #41,159 for "favorisierte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "favorisiert" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "favorisierte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #549,192 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "favorisiert" and "favorisierte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "favorisierte vs favorisierten". 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 #549,192 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