Which to use
“kompakt” and “kompakte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,954
- “kompakt” frequency rank
- #22,798
- “kompakte” frequency rank
- 35752
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kompakt | kompakte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dicht gefügt, ohne große Zwischenräume, wenig Raum beanspruchend | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kompakt |
Where the eye mixes kompakt and kompakte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. kompakt runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against kompakte's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between kompakt and kompakte
A purely visual mix-up. kompakt ([kɔmˈpakt]) and kompakte ([kɔmˈpaktə]) 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) - “kompakt” sits inside “kompakte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35752, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kompakt is recorded at frequency rank #12,954, classified as anadj, pronounced [kɔmˈpakt]. kompakte is at rank #22,798, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kɔmˈpaktə].
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 35752, this pair ranks #1,632,394 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of kompakt vs kompakte
Shared letters: akmopt. Private to "kompakt": -. Private to "kompakte": e.
"kompakt" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "kompakte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "kompakt" and "kompakte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "kompakt" or "kompakte"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "kompakt" and "kompakte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "kompakt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kompakte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,632,394 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kompakt" and "kompakte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kompakte vs kompakter". 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 #1,632,394 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.