renommiertenvsrenoviertenWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#12,572
“renommierten” frequency rank
#42,760
“renovierten” frequency rank
55332
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature renommierten renovierten
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs renommiert Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs renoviert

Where the eye mixes renommierten and renovierten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. renommierten runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVVCCVC) against renovierten's 11 (CVCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
renommierten
11 ch
renovierten

Visual trap between renommierten and renovierten

A purely visual mix-up. renommierten ([ʁenɔˈmiːɐ̯tn̩]) and renovierten ([ʁenoˈviːɐ̯tn̩]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

renommierten is recorded at frequency rank #12,572, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʁenɔˈmiːɐ̯tn̩]. renovierten is at rank #42,760, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ʁenoˈviːɐ̯tn̩].

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 55332, this pair ranks #983,686 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of renommierten vs renovierten

Shared letters: einort. Private to "renommierten": m. Private to "renovierten": v.

"renommierten" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCVC  ·  "renovierten" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • renommierten ← ernommierten · renmomierten · rennommierten · renomierten · renomimerten · renommeirten · renommieretn · renommierrten
  • renovierten ← ernovierten · rennovierten · renoiverten · renoveirten · renovieretn · renovierrten · renoviertenn · renoviertne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "renommierten" for "renovierten" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ʁenɔˈmiːɐ̯tn̩] versus [ʁenoˈviːɐ̯tn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "renommierten" or "renovierten"?
"renommierten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,572 in our German list, against #42,760 for "renovierten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "renommierten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "renovierten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #983,686 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "renommierten" and "renovierten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renovierte vs renovierten". 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 #983,686 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