Which to use
“melde” and “meldete” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,626
- “melde” frequency rank
- #7,963
- “meldete” frequency rank
- 13589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | melde | meldete |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs melden | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs melden |
Where the eye mixes melde and meldete
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. melde runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against meldete's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between melde and meldete
A purely visual mix-up. melde ([ˈmɛldə]) and meldete ([ˈmɛldətə]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “melde” sits inside “meldete”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
melde is recorded at frequency rank #5,626, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmɛldə]. meldete is at rank #7,963, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmɛldətə].
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 13589, this pair ranks #1,957,006 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of melde vs meldete
Shared letters: delm. Private to "melde": -. Private to "meldete": t.
"melde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "meldete" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "melde" and "meldete" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "melde" or "meldete" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "melde" and "meldete" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "melde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meldete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,957,006 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "melde" and "meldete" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Melder vs meldete". 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 #1,957,006 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.