organisierenvsorganisierteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#5,015
“organisieren” frequency rank
#7,090
“organisierte” frequency rank
12105
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature organisieren organisierte
Definition systematisch vorbereiten Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs organisiert

Where the eye mixes organisieren and organisierte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. organisieren (VCCVCVCVVCVC) and organisierte (VCCVCVCVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

12 ch
organisieren
12 ch
organisierte

Look-alike desk: organisieren vs organisierte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: organisieren is [ɔʁɡaniˈziːʁən] while organisierte is [ɔʁɡaniˈziːɐ̯tə]. 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 12105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

organisieren is recorded at frequency rank #5,015, classified as averb, pronounced [ɔʁɡaniˈziːʁən]. organisierte is at rank #7,090, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɔʁɡaniˈziːɐ̯tə].

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 12105, this pair ranks #1,966,151 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of organisieren vs organisierte

Shared letters: aeginors. Private to "organisieren": -. Private to "organisierte": t.

"organisieren" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCVC  ·  "organisierte" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • organisieren ← ogranisieren · oragnisieren · orgainsieren · organiiseren · organiseiren · organisieern · organisierenn · organisierne
  • organisierte ← ogranisierte · oragnisierte · orgainsierte · organiiserte · organiseirte · organisieret · organisierrte · organisiertte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "organisieren" and "organisierte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "organisieren" is a verb and "organisierte" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "organisieren" vs "organisierte" - which ranks higher?
"organisieren" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,015 in our German list, against #7,090 for "organisierte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "organisieren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "organisierte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,966,151 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "organisieren" and "organisierte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "organisierte vs organisiertes". 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 #1,966,151 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