Which to use
“angefühlt” is a verb and “angeführte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,438
- “angefühlt” frequency rank
- #40,376
- “angeführte” frequency rank
- 65814
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | angefühlt | angeführte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anfühlen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angeführt |
Where the eye mixes angefühlt and angeführte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. angefühlt runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCCC) against angeführte's 10 (VCCVCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: angefühlt vs angeführte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angefühlt is [ˈanɡəˌfyːlt] while angeführte is [ˈanɡəˌfyːɐ̯tə]. 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 65814, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
angefühlt is recorded at frequency rank #25,438, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌfyːlt]. angeführte is at rank #40,376, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌfyːɐ̯tə].
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 65814, this pair ranks #594,103 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of angefühlt vs angeführte
Shared letters: aefghntü. Private to "angefühlt": l. Private to "angeführte": r.
"angefühlt" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC · "angeführte" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "angefühlt" for "angeführte" ever safe?
Which is more common, "angefühlt" or "angeführte"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "angefühlt" and "angeführte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "angefühlt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angeführte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #594,103 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "angefühlt" and "angeführte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angeführte vs aufgeführte". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #594,103 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.