Which to use
“kritisieren” is a verb and “kritisierte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,687
- “kritisieren” frequency rank
- #9,756
- “kritisierte” frequency rank
- 16443
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kritisieren | kritisierte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fachlich beurteilen, besprechen, beschreiben | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs kritisiert |
Where the eye mixes kritisieren and kritisierte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between kritisieren and kritisierte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: kritisieren is [kʁitiˈziːʁən] while kritisierte is [kʁitiˈziːɐ̯tə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16443, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kritisieren is recorded at frequency rank #6,687, classified as averb, pronounced [kʁitiˈziːʁən]. kritisierte is at rank #9,756, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kʁitiˈziːɐ̯tə].
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 16443, this pair ranks #1,935,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of kritisieren vs kritisierte
Shared letters: eikrst. Private to "kritisieren": n. Private to "kritisierte": -.
"kritisieren" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCVC · "kritisierte" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- kritisieren ← kirtisieren · kkritisieren · kriitsieren · kritiiseren · kritiseiren · kritisieern · kritisierenn · kritisierne
- kritisierte ← kirtisierte · kkritisierte · kriitsierte · kritiiserte · kritiseirte · kritisieret · kritisierrte · kritisiertte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "kritisieren" for "kritisierte" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "kritisieren" and "kritisierte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "kritisieren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kritisierte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,935,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kritisieren" and "kritisierte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kritisiere vs kritisierte". 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 #1,935,822 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.