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

#22,797
“kombinierte” frequency rank
#25,202
“kombinierten” frequency rank
47999
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kombinierte kombinierten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs kombiniert Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs kombiniert

Where the eye mixes kombinierte and kombinierten

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

11 ch
kombinierte
12 ch
kombinierten

Look-alike desk: kombinierte vs kombinierten

A purely visual mix-up. kombinierte ([kɔmbiˈniːɐ̯tə]) and kombinierten ([kɔmbiˈniːɐ̯tn̩]) 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) - “kombinierte” sits inside “kombinierten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47999, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kombinierte is recorded at frequency rank #22,797, classified as anadj, pronounced [kɔmbiˈniːɐ̯tə]. kombinierten is at rank #25,202, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kɔmbiˈniːɐ̯tn̩].

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 47999, this pair ranks #1,264,455 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of kombinierte vs kombinierten

Shared letters: beikmnort. Private to "kombinierte": -. Private to "kombinierten": -.

"kombinierte" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCV  ·  "kombinierten" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kombinierte ← kkombinierte · kmobinierte · kobminierte · kombbinierte · kombiinerte · kombineirte · kombinieret · kombinierrte
  • kombinierten ← kkombinierten · kmobinierten · kobminierten · kombbinierten · kombiinerten · kombineirten · kombinieretn · kombinierrten

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "kombinierte" and "kombinierten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kɔmbiˈniːɐ̯tə] versus [kɔmbiˈniːɐ̯tn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "kombinierte" vs "kombinierten" - which ranks higher?
"kombinierte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,797 in our German list, against #25,202 for "kombinierten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "kombinierte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "kombinierten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,264,455 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kombinierte" and "kombinierten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kombinierte vs komponierte". 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 #1,264,455 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