InhaltevsintakteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Inhalte is a noun, intakte is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Inhalte” is a noun and “intakte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,832
“Inhalte” frequency rank
#33,656
“intakte” frequency rank
36488
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Inhalte intakte
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Inhalt Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intakt

Where the eye mixes Inhalte and intakte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Inhalte and intakte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
Inhalte
7 ch
intakte

Look-alike desk: Inhalte vs intakte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Inhalte is [ˈɪnhaltə] while intakte is [ɪnˈtaktə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Inhalte is recorded at frequency rank #2,832, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɪnhaltə]. intakte is at rank #33,656, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɪnˈtaktə].

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 36488, this pair ranks #1,614,363 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Inhalte vs intakte

Shared letters: aeint. Private to "Inhalte": hl. Private to "intakte": k.

"Inhalte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "intakte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Inhalte ← ihnalte · inahlte · inhalet · inhallte · inhaltte · inhatle · inhhalte · inhlate
  • intakte ← inatkte · inntakte · intaket · intakkte · intaktte · intatke · intkate · inttakte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Inhalte" and "intakte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Inhalte" is a noun and "intakte" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Inhalte" vs "intakte" - which ranks higher?
"Inhalte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,832 in our German list, against #33,656 for "intakte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Inhalte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intakte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,614,363 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Inhalte" and "intakte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intakte vs intakten". 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 #1,614,363 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