Which to use
“antworten” and “antwortet” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,313
- “antworten” frequency rank
- #6,038
- “antwortet” frequency rank
- 7351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | antworten | antwortet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas auf eine Frage oder Aufgabe erwidern | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs antworten |
Where the eye mixes antworten and antwortet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. antworten and antwortet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses antworten with antwortet
A purely visual mix-up. antworten ([ˈantˌvɔʁtn̩]) and antwortet ([ˈantˌvɔʁtət]) 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 a single letter - n in “antworten” becomes t in “antwortet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
antworten is recorded at frequency rank #1,313, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈantˌvɔʁtn̩]. antwortet is at rank #6,038, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈantˌvɔʁtət].
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 7351, this pair ranks #1,988,471 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of antworten vs antwortet
Shared letters: aenortw. Private to "antworten": -. Private to "antwortet": -.
"antworten" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC · "antwortet" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "antworten" and "antwortet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "antworten" or "antwortet" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "antworten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "antwortet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,988,471 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "antworten" and "antwortet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "antwortet vs antworteten". 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 #1,988,471 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.