interessiertevsinteressiertenConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#5,385
“interessierte” frequency rank
#7,628
“interessierten” frequency rank
13013
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interessierte interessierten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs interessiert Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs interessiert

Where the eye mixes interessierte and interessierten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence. interessierte runs 13 letters (VCCVCVCCVVCCV) against interessierten's 14 (VCCVCVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
interessierte
14 ch
interessierten

Visual trap between interessierte and interessierten

A purely visual mix-up. interessierte ([ɪntəʁɛˈsiːɐ̯tə]) and interessierten ([ɪntəʁɛˈsiːɐ̯tn̩]) 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) - “interessierte” sits inside “interessierten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interessierte is recorded at frequency rank #5,385, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɪntəʁɛˈsiːɐ̯tə]. interessierten is at rank #7,628, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɪntəʁɛˈsiːɐ̯tn̩].

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 13013, this pair ranks #1,960,655 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of interessierte vs interessierten

Shared letters: einrst. Private to "interessierte": -. Private to "interessierten": -.

"interessierte" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVVCCV  ·  "interessierten" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interessierte ← inetressierte · innteressierte · inteerssierte · interesierte · interesiserte · interesseirte · interessieret · interessierrte
  • interessierten ← inetressierten · innteressierten · inteerssierten · interesierten · interesiserten · interesseirten · interessieretn · interessierrten

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "interessierte" for "interessierten" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ɪntəʁɛˈsiːɐ̯tə] versus [ɪntəʁɛˈsiːɐ̯tn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "interessierte" vs "interessierten" - which ranks higher?
"interessierte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,385 in our German list, against #7,628 for "interessierten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "interessierte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interessierten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,960,655 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interessierte" and "interessierten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interessierten vs interessierter". 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 #1,960,655 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