infiziertevsinjiziertTell them apart

Quick tell: infizierte is a adjective, injiziert is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#22,772
“infizierte” frequency rank
#36,420
“injiziert” frequency rank
59192
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature infizierte injiziert
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs infiziert Partizip Perfekt des Verbs injizieren

Where the eye mixes infizierte and injiziert

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. infizierte runs 10 letters (VCCVCVVCCV) against injiziert's 9 (VCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
infizierte
9 ch
injiziert

Look-alike desk: infizierte vs injiziert

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: infizierte is [ɪnfiˈt͡siːɐ̯tə] while injiziert is [ɪnjiˈt͡siːɐ̯t]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59192, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

infizierte is recorded at frequency rank #22,772, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɪnfiˈt͡siːɐ̯tə]. injiziert is at rank #36,420, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɪnjiˈt͡siːɐ̯t].

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 59192, this pair ranks #833,797 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of infizierte vs injiziert

Shared letters: einrtz. Private to "infizierte": f. Private to "injiziert": j.

"infizierte" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVCCV  ·  "injiziert" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • infizierte ← ifnizierte · inffizierte · infiizerte · infizeirte · infizieret · infizierrte · infiziertte · infizietre
  • injiziert ← ijniziert · inijziert · injiizert · injizeirt · injizierrt · injiziertt · injizietr · injiziret

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "infizierte" for "injiziert" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "infizierte" is an adjective and "injiziert" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "infizierte" or "injiziert"?
"infizierte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,772 in our German list, against #36,420 for "injiziert". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "infizierte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "injiziert" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #833,797 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "infizierte" and "injiziert" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "injiziert vs inspiziert". 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 #833,797 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