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“offenbar” and “offenbarte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,117
- “offenbar” frequency rank
- #28,787
- “offenbarte” frequency rank
- 29904
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | offenbar | offenbarte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | für jeden zu sehen, klar ersichtlich (kein Zweifel möglich) | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs offenbart |
Where the eye mixes offenbar and offenbarte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: offenbar vs offenbarte
A purely visual mix-up. offenbar ([ˈɔfn̩baːɐ̯]) and offenbarte ([ɔfn̩ˈbaːɐ̯tə]) 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) - “offenbar” sits inside “offenbarte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
offenbar is recorded at frequency rank #1,117, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈɔfn̩baːɐ̯]. offenbarte is at rank #28,787, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɔfn̩ˈbaːɐ̯tə].
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 29904, this pair ranks #1,758,062 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of offenbar vs offenbarte
Shared letters: abefnor. Private to "offenbar": -. Private to "offenbarte": t.
"offenbar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "offenbarte" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- offenbar ← fofenbar · ofefnbar · ofenbar · offebnar · offenabr · offenbarr · offenbbar · offenbra
- offenbarte ← fofenbarte · ofefnbarte · ofenbarte · offebnarte · offenabrte · offenbaret · offenbarrte · offenbartte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "offenbar" and "offenbarte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "offenbar" vs "offenbarte" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "offenbar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "offenbarte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,758,062 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "offenbar" and "offenbarte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "offenbaren vs offenbarte". 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 #1,758,062 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.