Which to use
“festgelegt” and “festgelegte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,118
- “festgelegt” frequency rank
- #21,597
- “festgelegte” frequency rank
- 25715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | festgelegt | festgelegte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | vorher genau bestimmt, definiert | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgelegt |
Where the eye mixes festgelegt and festgelegte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. festgelegt runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCC) against festgelegte's 11 (CVCCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: festgelegt vs festgelegte
A purely visual mix-up. festgelegt ([ˈfɛstɡəˌleːkt]) and festgelegte ([ˈfɛstɡəˌleːktə]) 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) - “festgelegt” sits inside “festgelegte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
festgelegt is recorded at frequency rank #4,118, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɛstɡəˌleːkt]. festgelegte is at rank #21,597, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɛstɡəˌleːktə].
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 25715, this pair ranks #1,829,076 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of festgelegt vs festgelegte
Shared letters: efglst. Private to "festgelegt": -. Private to "festgelegte": -.
"festgelegt" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCC · "festgelegte" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- festgelegt ← efstgelegt · fesgtelegt · fesstgelegt · festeglegt · festgeelgt · festgeleggt · festgelegtt · festgeletg
- festgelegte ← efstgelegte · fesgtelegte · fesstgelegte · festeglegte · festgeelgte · festgeleget · festgeleggte · festgelegtte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "festgelegt" and "festgelegte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "festgelegt" vs "festgelegte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "festgelegt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "festgelegte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,829,076 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "festgelegt" and "festgelegte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "festgelegt vs festlegt". 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 #1,829,076 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.