gebildetvsgebildeterTell them apart

Which to use

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

#3,120
“gebildet” frequency rank
#31,562
“gebildeter” frequency rank
34682
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gebildet gebildeter
Definition Bildung besitzend Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gebildet

Where the eye mixes gebildet and gebildeter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. gebildet runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against gebildeter's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
gebildet
10 ch
gebildeter

Visual trap between gebildet and gebildeter

A purely visual mix-up. gebildet ([ɡəˈbɪldət]) and gebildeter ([ɡəˈbɪldətɐ]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “gebildet” sits inside “gebildeter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gebildet is recorded at frequency rank #3,120, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈbɪldət]. gebildeter is at rank #31,562, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈbɪldətɐ].

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 34682, this pair ranks #1,657,743 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gebildet vs gebildeter

Shared letters: bdegilt. Private to "gebildet": -. Private to "gebildeter": r.

"gebildet" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "gebildeter" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gebildetegbildet · gbeildet · gebbildet · gebidlet · gebilddet · gebildett · gebildte · gebiledt
  • gebildeteregbildeter · gbeildeter · gebbildeter · gebidleter · gebilddeter · gebildeetr · gebildeterr · gebildetre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gebildet" for "gebildeter" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ɡəˈbɪldət] versus [ɡəˈbɪldətɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "gebildet" or "gebildeter" show up more?
"gebildet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,120 in our German list, against #31,562 for "gebildeter". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gebildet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gebildeter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,657,743 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gebildet" and "gebildeter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gebildet vs Gefilden". 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 #1,657,743 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