gedrucktvsgedrucktenWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#7,177
“gedruckt” frequency rank
#14,074
“gedruckten” frequency rank
21251
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gedruckt gedruckten
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs drucken Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gedruckt

Where the eye mixes gedruckt and gedruckten

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

8 ch
gedruckt
10 ch
gedruckten

Visual trap between gedruckt and gedruckten

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gedruckt is [ɡəˈdʁʊkt] while gedruckten is [ɡəˈdʁʊktn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “gedruckt” sits inside “gedruckten”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21251, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gedruckt is recorded at frequency rank #7,177, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈdʁʊkt]. gedruckten is at rank #14,074, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈdʁʊktn̩].

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 21251, this pair ranks #1,888,506 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gedruckt vs gedruckten

Shared letters: cdegkrtu. Private to "gedruckt": -. Private to "gedruckten": n.

"gedruckt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC  ·  "gedruckten" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gedruckt ← egdruckt · gderuckt · geddruckt · gedrcukt · gedrruckt · gedrucckt · gedruckkt · gedrucktt
  • gedruckten ← egdruckten · gderuckten · geddruckten · gedrcukten · gedrruckten · gedrucckten · gedrucketn · gedruckkten

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gedruckt" and "gedruckten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gedruckt" is a verb and "gedruckten" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "gedruckt" vs "gedruckten" - which ranks higher?
"gedruckt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,177 in our German list, against #14,074 for "gedruckten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "gedruckt" and "gedruckten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gedruckt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gedruckten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,888,506 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gedruckt" and "gedruckten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gedruckt vs gespuckt". 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 #1,888,506 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