Which to use
“restaurierte” and “restaurierten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,423
- “restaurierte” frequency rank
- #44,876
- “restaurierten” frequency rank
- 93299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | restaurierte | restaurierten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs restauriert | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs restauriert |
Where the eye mixes restaurierte and restaurierten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. restaurierte runs 12 letters (CVCCVVCVVCCV) against restaurierten's 13 (CVCCVVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between restaurierte and restaurierten
A purely visual mix-up. restaurierte ([ʁestaʊ̯ˈʁiːɐ̯tə]) and restaurierten ([ʁestaʊ̯ˈʁiːɐ̯tn̩]) 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) - “restaurierte” sits inside “restaurierten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
restaurierte is recorded at frequency rank #48,423, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʁestaʊ̯ˈʁiːɐ̯tə]. restaurierten is at rank #44,876, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ʁestaʊ̯ˈʁiːɐ̯tn̩].
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 93299, this pair ranks #23,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of restaurierte vs restaurierten
Shared letters: aeirstu. Private to "restaurierte": -. Private to "restaurierten": n.
"restaurierte" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVVCVVCCV · "restaurierten" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- restaurierte ← erstaurierte · resaturierte · resstaurierte · restaruierte · restauirerte · restaureirte · restaurieret · restaurierrte
- restaurierten ← erstaurierten · resaturierten · resstaurierten · restaruierten · restauirerten · restaureirten · restaurieretn · restaurierrten
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "restaurierte" for "restaurierten" ever safe?
Frequency check: "restaurierte" vs "restaurierten" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "restaurierte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "restaurierten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "restaurierte" and "restaurierten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "restaurieren vs restaurierte". 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 #23,756 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.