blasservsBlätterWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: blasser is a adjective, Blätter is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“blasser” is an adjective and “Blätter” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,272
“blasser” frequency rank
#4,412
“Blätter” frequency rank
51684
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blasser Blätter
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs blass Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Blatt

Where the eye mixes blasser and Blätter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
blasser
7 ch
Blätter

Look-alike desk: blasser vs Blätter

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: blasser is [ˈblasɐ] while Blätter is [ˈblɛtɐ]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blasser is recorded at frequency rank #47,272, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈblasɐ]. Blätter is at rank #4,412, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈblɛtɐ].

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 51684, this pair ranks #1,126,025 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of blasser vs Blätter

Shared letters: belr. Private to "blasser": as. Private to "Blätter": .

"blasser" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "Blätter" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • blasserbalsser · bblasser · blaser · blasesr · blasserr · blassre · blaßer · bllasser

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "blasser" and "Blätter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "blasser" is an adjective and "Blätter" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "blasser" vs "Blätter" - which ranks higher?
"Blätter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,412 in our German list, against #47,272 for "blasser". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "blasser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Blätter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,126,025 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blasser" and "Blätter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blasser vs Blazer". 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 #1,126,025 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