installiertevsinstalliertenWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“installierte” and “installierten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,463
“installierte” frequency rank
#30,129
“installierten” frequency rank
56592
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature installierte installierten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs installiert Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs installiert

Where the eye mixes installierte and installierten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. installierte runs 12 letters (VCCCVCCVVCCV) against installierten's 13 (VCCCVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
installierte
13 ch
installierten

Visual trap between installierte and installierten

A purely visual mix-up. installierte ([ɪnstaˈliːɐ̯tə]) and installierten ([ɪnstaˈliːɐ̯tn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “installierte” sits inside “installierten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

installierte is recorded at frequency rank #26,463, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɪnstaˈliːɐ̯tə]. installierten is at rank #30,129, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɪnstaˈliːɐ̯tn̩].

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 56592, this pair ranks #934,313 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of installierte vs installierten

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

"installierte" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVCCV  ·  "installierten" · 13 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • installierte ← innstallierte · insatllierte · insstallierte · instalierte · instalilerte · installeirte · installieret · installierrte
  • installierten ← innstallierten · insatllierten · insstallierten · instalierten · instalilerten · installeirten · installieretn · installierrten

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "installierte" and "installierten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɪnstaˈliːɐ̯tə] versus [ɪnstaˈliːɐ̯tn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "installierte" or "installierten" show up more?
"installierte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,463 in our German list, against #30,129 for "installierten". 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 "installierte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "installierten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #934,313 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "installierte" and "installierten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "installieren 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 #934,313 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