kommentiertvskommentierteTell them apart

Which to use

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

#6,316
“kommentiert” frequency rank
#15,409
“kommentierte” frequency rank
21725
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kommentiert kommentierte
Definition mit Erklärungen/Anmerkungen versehen Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs kommentiert

Where the eye mixes kommentiert and kommentierte

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

11 ch
kommentiert
12 ch
kommentierte

Look-alike desk: kommentiert vs kommentierte

A purely visual mix-up. kommentiert ([kɔmɛnˈtiːɐ̯t]) and kommentierte ([kɔmɛnˈtiːɐ̯tə]) 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) - “kommentiert” sits inside “kommentierte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kommentiert is recorded at frequency rank #6,316, classified as anadj, pronounced [kɔmɛnˈtiːɐ̯t]. kommentierte is at rank #15,409, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kɔmɛnˈtiːɐ̯tə].

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 21725, this pair ranks #1,882,883 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of kommentiert vs kommentierte

Shared letters: eikmnort. Private to "kommentiert": -. Private to "kommentierte": -.

"kommentiert" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC  ·  "kommentierte" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kommentiert ← kkommentiert · kmomentiert · komemntiert · komentiert · kommenitert · kommenntiert · kommenteirt · kommentierrt
  • kommentierte ← kkommentierte · kmomentierte · komemntierte · komentierte · kommeniterte · kommenntierte · kommenteirte · kommentieret

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "kommentiert" and "kommentierte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kɔmɛnˈtiːɐ̯t] versus [kɔmɛnˈtiːɐ̯tə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "kommentiert" vs "kommentierte" - which ranks higher?
"kommentiert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,316 in our German list, against #15,409 for "kommentierte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "kommentiert" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "kommentierte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,882,883 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kommentiert" and "kommentierte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kommentiere vs kommentierte". 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 #1,882,883 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