bautevsBrüheWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#7,873
“baute” frequency rank
#23,456
“Brühe” frequency rank
31329
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature baute Brühe
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bauen Wasser, das durch darin gegarte Lebensmittel mit Aromen, Mineralstoffen und Fett angereichert ist

Where the eye mixes baute and Brühe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
baute
5 ch
Brühe

Visual trap between baute and Brühe

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: baute is [ˈbaʊ̯tə] while Brühe is [ˈbʁyːə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

baute is recorded at frequency rank #7,873, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbaʊ̯tə]. Brühe is at rank #23,456, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbʁyːə].

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 31329, this pair ranks #1,730,318 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of baute vs Brühe

Shared letters: be. Private to "baute": atu. Private to "Brühe": hrü.

"baute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Brühe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bauteabute · batue · bauet · bautte · bbaute · buate

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "baute" and "Brühe" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "baute" is a verb and "Brühe" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "baute" vs "Brühe" - which ranks higher?
"baute" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,873 in our German list, against #23,456 for "Brühe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "baute" and "Brühe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "baute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Brühe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,730,318 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "baute" and "Brühe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Brühe vs bryce". 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 #1,730,318 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