blühtevsBlutesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#43,068
“blühte” frequency rank
#21,913
“Blutes” frequency rank
64981
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blühte Blutes
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs blühen Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Blut

Where the eye mixes blühte and Blutes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. blühte (CCVCCV) and Blutes (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
blühte
6 ch
Blutes

Visual trap between blühte and Blutes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: blühte is [ˈblyːtə] while Blutes is [ˈbluːtəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 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 64981, 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]. Blutes is at rank #21,913, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbluːtəs].

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 64981, this pair ranks #622,613 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of blühte vs Blutes

Shared letters: belt. Private to "blühte": hü. Private to "Blutes": su.

"blühte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "Blutes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Blutes ← bblutes · bllutes · bltues · bluets · blutess · blutse · bluttes · bultes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "blühte" and "Blutes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "blühte" is a verb and "Blutes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "blühte" vs "Blutes" - which ranks higher?
"Blutes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,913 in our German list, against #43,068 for "blühte". 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 "blühte" and "Blutes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "blühte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Blutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #622,613 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blühte" and "Blutes" 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 #622,613 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