Which to use
“renovieren” is a verb and “renovierten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,713
- “renovieren” frequency rank
- #42,760
- “renovierten” frequency rank
- 63473
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renovieren | renovierten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gebäude, Räumlichkeiten, Innenausstattungen oder Ähnliches wieder herrichten, erneuern, instand setzen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs renoviert |
Where the eye mixes renovieren and renovierten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. renovieren runs 10 letters (CVCVCVVCVC) against renovierten's 11 (CVCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses renovieren with renovierten
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: renovieren is [ʁenoˈviːʁən] while renovierten is [ʁenoˈviːɐ̯tn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63473, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renovieren is recorded at frequency rank #20,713, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁenoˈviːʁən]. 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 63473, this pair ranks #675,584 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renovieren vs renovierten
Shared letters: einorv. Private to "renovieren": -. Private to "renovierten": t.
"renovieren" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC · "renovierten" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renovieren ← ernovieren · rennovieren · renoiveren · renoveiren · renovieern · renovierenn · renovierne · renovierren
- renovierten ← ernovierten · rennovierten · renoiverten · renoveirten · renovieretn · renovierrten · renoviertenn · renoviertne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renovieren" and "renovierten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "renovieren" or "renovierten" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "renovieren" and "renovierten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "renovieren" 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 #675,584 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renovieren" 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 #675,584 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.