notierenvsnotierteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: notieren is a verb, notierte is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“notieren” is a verb and “notierte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,646
“notieren” frequency rank
#25,691
“notierte” frequency rank
44337
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature notieren notierte
Definition etwas auf (auf Papier oder Ähnlichem oder elektronisch) aufzeichnen oder aufschreiben Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs notiert

Where the eye mixes notieren and notierte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. notieren (CVCVVCVC) and notierte (CVCVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
notieren
8 ch
notierte

Look-alike desk: notieren vs notierte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: notieren is [noˈtiːʁən] while notierte is [noˈtiːɐ̯tə]. 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 44337, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

notieren is recorded at frequency rank #18,646, classified as averb, pronounced [noˈtiːʁən]. notierte is at rank #25,691, tagged as anadj, pronounced [noˈtiːɐ̯tə].

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 44337, this pair ranks #1,389,485 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of notieren vs notierte

Shared letters: einort. Private to "notieren": -. Private to "notierte": -.

"notieren" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC  ·  "notierte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • notieren ← nnotieren · noiteren · noteiren · notieern · notierenn · notierne · notierren · notireen
  • notierte ← nnotierte · noiterte · noteirte · notieret · notierrte · notiertte · notietre · notirete

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "notieren" and "notierte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "notieren" is a verb and "notierte" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "notieren" vs "notierte" - which ranks higher?
"notieren" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,646 in our German list, against #25,691 for "notierte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "notieren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "notierte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,389,485 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "notieren" and "notierte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "notierte vs nötigste". 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 #1,389,485 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