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

#28,816
“präsentiere” frequency rank
#2,261
“präsentiert” frequency rank
31077
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature präsentiere präsentiert
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs präsentieren Partizip Perfekt des Verbs präsentieren

Where the eye mixes präsentiere and präsentiert

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. präsentiere (CCVCVCCVVCV) and präsentiert (CCVCVCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

11 ch
präsentiere
11 ch
präsentiert

Why the eye confuses präsentiere with präsentiert

A purely visual mix-up. präsentiere ([pʁɛzɛnˈtiːʁə]) and präsentiert ([pʁɛzɛnˈtiːɐ̯t]) 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 a single letter - e in “präsentiere” becomes t in “präsentiert”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

präsentiere is recorded at frequency rank #28,816, classified as averb, pronounced [pʁɛzɛnˈtiːʁə]. präsentiert is at rank #2,261, tagged as averb, pronounced [pʁɛzɛnˈtiːɐ̯t].

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 31077, this pair ranks #1,735,260 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of präsentiere vs präsentiert

Shared letters: einprstä. Private to "präsentiere": -. Private to "präsentiert": -.

"präsentiere" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCV  ·  "präsentiert" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "präsentiere" for "präsentiert" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([pʁɛzɛnˈtiːʁə] versus [pʁɛzɛnˈtiːɐ̯t]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "präsentiere" vs "präsentiert" - which ranks higher?
"präsentiert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,261 in our German list, against #28,816 for "präsentiere". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "präsentiere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "präsentiert" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,735,260 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "präsentiere" and "präsentiert" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "präsentiere vs präsentierten". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,735,260 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