geladenvsgeladeneTell them apart

Which to use

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

#5,711
“geladen” frequency rank
#29,141
“geladene” frequency rank
34852
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature geladen geladene
Definition über Munition verfügend Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geladen

Where the eye mixes geladen and geladene

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. geladen runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against geladene's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
geladen
8 ch
geladene

Visual trap between geladen and geladene

A purely visual mix-up. geladen ([ɡəˈlaːdn̩]) and geladene ([ɡəˈlaːdənə]) 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) - “geladen” sits inside “geladene”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

geladen is recorded at frequency rank #5,711, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈlaːdn̩]. geladene is at rank #29,141, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈlaːdənə].

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 34852, this pair ranks #1,653,820 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of geladen vs geladene

Shared letters: adegln. Private to "geladen": -. Private to "geladene": -.

"geladen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "geladene" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • geladenegladen · gealden · geladden · geladenn · geladne · gelaedn · geldaen · gelladen
  • geladeneegladene · gealdene · geladdene · geladeen · geladnee · gelaedne · geldaene · gelladene

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "geladen" and "geladene" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɡəˈlaːdn̩] versus [ɡəˈlaːdənə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "geladen" or "geladene"?
"geladen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,711 in our German list, against #29,141 for "geladene". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "geladen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "geladene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,653,820 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "geladen" and "geladene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geladene vs geratene". 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 #1,653,820 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