Which to use
“genannt” is a verb and “genannter” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #992
- “genannt” frequency rank
- #26,025
- “genannter” frequency rank
- 27017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | genannt | genannter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs nennen | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs genannt |
Where the eye mixes genannt and genannter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. genannt runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against genannter's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: genannt vs genannter
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: genannt is [ɡəˈnant] while genannter is [ɡəˈnantɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “genannt” sits inside “genannter”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27017, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
genannt is recorded at frequency rank #992, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈnant]. genannter is at rank #26,025, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈnantɐ].
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 27017, this pair ranks #1,808,645 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of genannt vs genannter
Shared letters: aegnt. Private to "genannt": -. Private to "genannter": r.
"genannt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "genannter" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "genannt" for "genannter" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "genannt" or "genannter" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "genannt" and "genannter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "genannt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "genannter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,808,645 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "genannt" and "genannter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "genannter vs genanntes". 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 #1,808,645 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.