bathvsBlattConfusable pair

Which to use

“bath” and “Blatt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,434
“bath” frequency rank
#3,362
“Blatt” frequency rank
35796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bath Blatt
Definition Bad (Tätigkeit) meist grünes, flächiges Organ von Pflanzen

Where the eye mixes bath and Blatt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
bath
5 ch
Blatt

Look-alike desk: bath vs Blatt

A purely visual mix-up. bath ([bɑːθ]) and Blatt ([blat]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bath is recorded at frequency rank #32,434, classified as anoun, pronounced [bɑːθ]. Blatt is at rank #3,362, tagged as anoun, pronounced [blat].

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 35796, this pair ranks #1,631,324 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bath vs Blatt

Shared letters: abt. Private to "bath": h. Private to "Blatt": l.

"bath" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Blatt" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bathabth · baht · bathh · batth · bbath · btah
  • Blattbaltt · bblatt · blat · bllatt · bltat · lbatt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bath" for "Blatt" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bɑːθ] versus [blat]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "bath" vs "Blatt" - which ranks higher?
"Blatt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,362 in our German list, against #32,434 for "bath". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bath" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Blatt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,631,324 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bath" and "Blatt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bath vs breath". 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 #1,631,324 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