Which to use
“installation” and “Installationen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,885
- “installation” frequency rank
- #22,774
- “Installationen” frequency rank
- 31659
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | installation | Installationen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Einrichtung, Installation | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Installation |
Letter map: installation vs Installationen
Shared letters muted; letters that set installation and Installationen apart highlighted. Shared run: 12.
Pair insight - installation / Installationen
installation and Installationen are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “installation” sits inside “Installationen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31659, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
installation is recorded at frequency rank #8,885, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Installationen is at rank #22,774, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɪnstalaˈt͡si̯oːnən].
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 31659, this pair ranks #1,723,697 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of installation vs Installationen
Shared letters: ailnost. Private to "installation": -. Private to "Installationen": e.
"installation" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCVVC · "Installationen" · 14 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- installation ← innstallation · insatllation · insstallation · instalaltion · instalation · installaiton · installatino · installationn
- Installationen ← innstallationen · insatllationen · insstallationen · instalaltionen · instalationen · installaitonen · installatinoen · installatioenn
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "installation" and "Installationen". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "installation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Installationen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,723,697 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "installation" and "Installationen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "installation vs puzzles". 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 #1,723,697 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.