blühtevsBlutWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#43,068
“blühte” frequency rank
#1,586
“Blut” frequency rank
44654
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blühte Blut
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs blühen dem Stoffwechsel dienende, im Körper zirkulierende rote Flüssigkeit

Where the eye mixes blühte and Blut

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

6 ch
blühte
4 ch
Blut

Visual trap between blühte and Blut

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: blühte is [ˈblyːtə] while Blut is [bluːt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blühte is recorded at frequency rank #43,068, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈblyːtə]. Blut is at rank #1,586, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bluːt].

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 44654, this pair ranks #1,379,165 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of blühte vs Blut

Shared letters: blt. Private to "blühte": ehü. Private to "Blut": u.

"blühte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "Blut" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Blutbblut · bllut · bltu · blutt · bult · lbut

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "blühte" and "Blut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "blühte" is a verb and "Blut" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "blühte" or "Blut"?
"Blut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,586 in our German list, against #43,068 for "blühte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "blühte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Blut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,379,165 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blühte" and "Blut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beugte vs blühte". 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 #1,379,165 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