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“organisiert” and “organisierter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,145
“organisiert” frequency rank
#31,721
“organisierter” frequency rank
34866
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature organisiert organisierter
Definition in einer Organisation, zu bestimmten Zwecken zusammengeschlossen Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs organisiert

Where the eye mixes organisiert and organisierter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. organisiert runs 11 letters (VCCVCVCVVCC) against organisierter's 13 (VCCVCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
organisiert
13 ch
organisierter

Look-alike desk: organisiert vs organisierter

A purely visual mix-up. organisiert ([ɔʁɡaniˈziːɐ̯t]) and organisierter ([ɔʁɡaniˈziːɐ̯tɐ]) 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) - “organisiert” sits inside “organisierter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

organisiert is recorded at frequency rank #3,145, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɔʁɡaniˈziːɐ̯t]. organisierter is at rank #31,721, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɔʁɡaniˈziːɐ̯tɐ].

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 34866, this pair ranks #1,653,509 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of organisiert vs organisierter

Shared letters: aeginorst. Private to "organisiert": -. Private to "organisierter": -.

"organisiert" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC  ·  "organisierter" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • organisiert ← ogranisiert · oragnisiert · orgainsiert · organiisert · organiseirt · organisierrt · organisiertt · organisietr
  • organisierter ← ogranisierter · oragnisierter · orgainsierter · organiiserter · organiseirter · organisieretr · organisierrter · organisierterr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "organisiert" and "organisierter" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ɔʁɡaniˈziːɐ̯t] versus [ɔʁɡaniˈziːɐ̯tɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "organisiert" or "organisierter"?
"organisiert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,145 in our German list, against #31,721 for "organisierter". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "organisiert" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "organisierter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,653,509 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "organisiert" and "organisierter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "organisierter 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 #1,653,509 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