Which to use
“Blick” is a noun and “blinkt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #630
- “Blick” frequency rank
- #33,480
- “blinkt” frequency rank
- 34110
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Blick | blinkt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (kurzes) Betrachten; Anschauen; das Erfassen von etwas mit den Augen | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs blinken |
Where the eye mixes Blick and blinkt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Blick vs blinkt
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Blick is [blɪk] while blinkt is [blɪŋkt]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34110, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Blick is recorded at frequency rank #630, classified as anoun, pronounced [blɪk]. blinkt is at rank #33,480, tagged as averb, pronounced [blɪŋkt].
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 34110, this pair ranks #1,670,773 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Blick vs blinkt
Shared letters: bikl. Private to "Blick": c. Private to "blinkt": nt.
"Blick" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "blinkt" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Blick" for "blinkt" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Blick" or "blinkt" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Blick" and "blinkt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Blick" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blinkt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,670,773 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Blick" and "blinkt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blinkt vs blockt". 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 #1,670,773 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.