installiertvsinstallierteTell them apart

Quick tell: installiert is a verb, installierte is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#5,188
“installiert” frequency rank
#26,463
“installierte” frequency rank
31651
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature installiert installierte
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs installieren Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs installiert

Where the eye mixes installiert and installierte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. installiert runs 11 letters (VCCCVCCVVCC) against installierte's 12 (VCCCVCCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
installiert
12 ch
installierte

Visual trap between installiert and installierte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: installiert is [ɪnstaˈliːɐ̯t] while installierte is [ɪnstaˈliːɐ̯tə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “installiert” sits inside “installierte”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

installiert is recorded at frequency rank #5,188, classified as averb, pronounced [ɪnstaˈliːɐ̯t]. installierte is at rank #26,463, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɪnstaˈliːɐ̯tə].

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 31651, this pair ranks #1,723,853 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of installiert vs installierte

Shared letters: aeilnrst. Private to "installiert": -. Private to "installierte": -.

"installiert" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVCC  ·  "installierte" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • installiert ← innstalliert · insatlliert · insstalliert · instaliert · instalilert · installeirt · installierrt · installiertt
  • installierte ← innstallierte · insatllierte · insstallierte · instalierte · instalilerte · installeirte · installieret · installierrte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "installiert" and "installierte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "installiert" is a verb and "installierte" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "installiert" vs "installierte" - which ranks higher?
"installiert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,188 in our German list, against #26,463 for "installierte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "installiert" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "installierte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,723,853 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "installiert" and "installierte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "installierte vs installierten". 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 #1,723,853 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