Which to use
“passierte” and “passierten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,437
- “passierte” frequency rank
- #38,331
- “passierten” frequency rank
- 46768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passierte | passierten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs passiert | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs passiert |
Where the eye mixes passierte and passierten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. passierte runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against passierten's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses passierte with passierten
A purely visual mix-up. passierte ([paˈsiːɐ̯tə]) and passierten ([paˈsiːɐ̯tn̩]) 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) - “passierte” sits inside “passierten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passierte is recorded at frequency rank #8,437, classified as anadj, pronounced [paˈsiːɐ̯tə]. passierten is at rank #38,331, tagged as anadj, pronounced [paˈsiːɐ̯tn̩].
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 46768, this pair ranks #1,307,698 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of passierte vs passierten
Shared letters: aeiprst. Private to "passierte": -. Private to "passierten": n.
"passierte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "passierten" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- passierte ← apssierte · pasierte · pasiserte · passeirte · passieret · passierrte · passiertte · passietre
- passierten ← apssierten · pasierten · pasiserten · passeirten · passieretn · passierrten · passiertenn · passiertne
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "passierte" and "passierten" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "passierte" or "passierten" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "passierte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passierten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,307,698 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passierte" and "passierten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passierten vs pausieren". 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 #1,307,698 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.