PaketevsPaketenTell them apart

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

#8,916
“Pakete” frequency rank
#28,793
“Paketen” frequency rank
37709
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Pakete Paketen
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Paket Dativ Plural des Substantivs Paket

Where the eye mixes Pakete and Paketen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Pakete runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against Paketen's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Pakete
7 ch
Paketen

Look-alike desk: Pakete vs Paketen

A purely visual mix-up. Pakete ([paˈkeːtə]) and Paketen ([paˈkeːtn̩]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “Pakete” sits inside “Paketen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Pakete is recorded at frequency rank #8,916, classified as anoun, pronounced [paˈkeːtə]. Paketen is at rank #28,793, tagged as anoun, pronounced [paˈkeːtn̩].

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 37709, this pair ranks #1,583,104 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Pakete vs Paketen

Shared letters: aekpt. Private to "Pakete": -. Private to "Paketen": n.

"Pakete" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "Paketen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Pakete ← apkete · paekte · pakeet · pakette · pakkete · paktee · pkaete · ppakete
  • Paketen ← apketen · paekten · pakeetn · paketenn · paketne · paketten · pakketen · pakteen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Pakete" and "Paketen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([paˈkeːtə] versus [paˈkeːtn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Pakete" vs "Paketen" - which ranks higher?
"Pakete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,916 in our German list, against #28,793 for "Paketen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Pakete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Paketen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,583,104 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Pakete" and "Paketen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Paketen vs Patenten". 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 #1,583,104 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