Which to use
“festgelegte” and “festgelegten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,597
- “festgelegte” frequency rank
- #12,911
- “festgelegten” frequency rank
- 34508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | festgelegte | festgelegten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgelegt | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgelegt |
Where the eye mixes festgelegte and festgelegten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. festgelegte runs 11 letters (CVCCCVCVCCV) against festgelegten's 12 (CVCCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: festgelegte vs festgelegten
A purely visual mix-up. festgelegte ([ˈfɛstɡəˌleːktə]) and festgelegten ([ˈfɛstɡəˌleːktn̩]) 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) - “festgelegte” sits inside “festgelegten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
festgelegte is recorded at frequency rank #21,597, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɛstɡəˌleːktə]. festgelegten is at rank #12,911, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɛstɡəˌleːktn̩].
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 34508, this pair ranks #1,661,758 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of festgelegte vs festgelegten
Shared letters: efglst. Private to "festgelegte": -. Private to "festgelegten": n.
"festgelegte" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCV · "festgelegten" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- festgelegte ← efstgelegte · fesgtelegte · fesstgelegte · festeglegte · festgeelgte · festgeleget · festgeleggte · festgelegtte
- festgelegten ← efstgelegten · fesgtelegten · fesstgelegten · festeglegten · festgeelgten · festgelegetn · festgeleggten · festgelegtenn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "festgelegte" for "festgelegten" ever safe?
Frequency check: "festgelegte" vs "festgelegten" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "festgelegte" and "festgelegten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "festgelegte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "festgelegten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,661,758 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "festgelegte" and "festgelegten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "festgelegt vs festgelegte". 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 #1,661,758 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.