Which to use
“mangelhaft” and “mangelhafte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,640
- “mangelhaft” frequency rank
- #22,821
- “mangelhafte” frequency rank
- 42461
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mangelhaft | mangelhafte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mängel aufweisend | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mangelhaft |
Where the eye mixes mangelhaft and mangelhafte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. mangelhaft runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against mangelhafte's 11 (CVCCVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mangelhaft and mangelhafte
A purely visual mix-up. mangelhaft ([ˈmaŋl̩haft]) and mangelhafte ([ˈmaŋl̩haftə]) 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) - “mangelhaft” sits inside “mangelhafte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mangelhaft is recorded at frequency rank #19,640, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmaŋl̩haft]. mangelhafte is at rank #22,821, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmaŋl̩haftə].
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 42461, this pair ranks #1,448,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mangelhaft vs mangelhafte
Shared letters: aefghlmnt. Private to "mangelhaft": -. Private to "mangelhafte": -.
"mangelhaft" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "mangelhafte" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mangelhaft ← amngelhaft · magnelhaft · maneglhaft · mangehlaft · mangelahft · mangelhafft · mangelhaftt · mangelhatf
- mangelhafte ← amngelhafte · magnelhafte · maneglhafte · mangehlafte · mangelahfte · mangelhafet · mangelhaffte · mangelhaftte
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mangelhaft" and "mangelhafte" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mangelhaft" vs "mangelhafte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mangelhaft" and "mangelhafte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mangelhaft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mangelhafte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,448,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mangelhaft" and "mangelhafte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mangelhafte vs mangelhaften". 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 #1,448,593 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.