releasedvsreloadedConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#49,205
“released” frequency rank
#41,421
“reloaded” frequency rank
90626
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature released reloaded
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs release Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs reload

Letter map: released vs reloaded

Shared letters muted; letters that set released and reloaded apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

8 ch
released
8 ch
reloaded

Corpus notes: released and reloaded

released and reloaded are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90626, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

released is recorded at frequency rank #49,205, classified as averb, pronounced […]. reloaded is at rank #41,421, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 90626, this pair ranks #45,228 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of released vs reloaded

Shared letters: adelr. Private to "released": s. Private to "reloaded": o.

"released" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC  ·  "reloaded" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • releasederleased · reelased · relaesed · releaesd · releasde · releasedd · releassed · relesaed
  • reloadederloaded · relaoded · relloaded · reloadde · reloadded · reloadedd · reloaedd · relodaed

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "released" and "reloaded" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "released" vs "reloaded" - which ranks higher?
"reloaded" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,421 in our German list, against #49,205 for "released". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "released" and "reloaded". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "released" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reloaded" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,228 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "released" and "reloaded" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs released". 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 #45,228 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