frustriertvsfrustrierteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#15,093
“frustriert” frequency rank
#49,692
“frustrierte” frequency rank
64785
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature frustriert frustrierte
Definition die Wirklichkeit / eine Situation so wahrnehmend, dass man davon enttäuscht ist; voller Frustration Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frustriert

Where the eye mixes frustriert and frustrierte

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

10 ch
frustriert
11 ch
frustrierte

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. frustriert ([fʁʊsˈtʁiːɐ̯t]) and frustrierte ([fʁʊsˈtʁiːɐ̯tə]) 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) - “frustriert” sits inside “frustrierte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

frustriert is recorded at frequency rank #15,093, classified as anadj, pronounced [fʁʊsˈtʁiːɐ̯t]. frustrierte is at rank #49,692, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fʁʊsˈtʁiːɐ̯tə].

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 64785, this pair ranks #629,348 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of frustriert vs frustrierte

Shared letters: efirstu. Private to "frustriert": -. Private to "frustrierte": -.

"frustriert" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVVCC  ·  "frustrierte" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • frustriertffrustriert · frrustriert · frsutriert · frusrtiert · frusstriert · frustirert · frustreirt · frustrierrt
  • frustrierteffrustrierte · frrustrierte · frsutrierte · frusrtierte · frusstrierte · frustirerte · frustreirte · frustrieret

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "frustriert" and "frustrierte" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([fʁʊsˈtʁiːɐ̯t] versus [fʁʊsˈtʁiːɐ̯tə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "frustriert" or "frustrierte"?
"frustriert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,093 in our German list, against #49,692 for "frustrierte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list