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.
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?
In ordinary German text, does "installierte" or "installierten" show up more?
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.