SendervssendeteTell them apart

Quick tell: Sender is a noun, sendete is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Sender” is a noun and “sendete” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,682
“Sender” frequency rank
#46,989
“sendete” frequency rank
49671
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sender sendete
Definition jemand beziehungsweise etwas, der beziehungsweise das etwas von sich an einen Empfänger abschickt; etwas, das etwas ausstrahlt, emittiert, sendet 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs senden

Where the eye mixes Sender and sendete

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Sender
7 ch
sendete

Look-alike desk: Sender vs sendete

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Sender is [ˈzɛndɐ] while sendete is [ˈzɛndətə]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49671, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sender is recorded at frequency rank #2,682, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈzɛndɐ]. sendete is at rank #46,989, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈzɛndətə].

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 49671, this pair ranks #1,202,633 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Sender vs sendete

Shared letters: dens. Private to "Sender": r. Private to "sendete": t.

"Sender" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "sendete" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Senderesnder · sedner · sendder · senderr · sendre · senedr · sennder · sneder
  • sendeteesndete · sednete · senddete · sendeet · sendette · sendtee · senedte · senndete

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Sender" and "sendete" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Sender" is a noun and "sendete" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Sender" or "sendete"?
"Sender" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,682 in our German list, against #46,989 for "sendete". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Sender" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sendete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,202,633 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sender" and "sendete" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sendete vs senkte". 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 #1,202,633 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