BlutesvsblutetWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#21,913
“Blutes” frequency rank
#23,452
“blutet” frequency rank
45365
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Blutes blutet
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Blut 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bluten

Where the eye mixes Blutes and blutet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Blutes and blutet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Blutes
6 ch
blutet

Visual trap between Blutes and blutet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Blutes is [ˈbluːtəs] while blutet is [ˈbluːtət]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “Blutes” becomes t in “blutet”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Blutes is recorded at frequency rank #21,913, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbluːtəs]. blutet is at rank #23,452, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbluːtət].

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 45365, this pair ranks #1,355,503 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Blutes vs blutet

Shared letters: beltu. Private to "Blutes": s. Private to "blutet": -.

"Blutes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "blutet" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Blutes ← bblutes · bllutes · bltues · bluets · blutess · blutse · bluttes · bultes
  • blutet ← bblutet · bllutet · bltuet · bluett · blutett · blutte · bluttet · bultet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Blutes" for "blutet" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Blutes" is a noun and "blutet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Blutes" or "blutet"?
"Blutes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,913 in our German list, against #23,452 for "blutet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Blutes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "blutet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,355,503 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Blutes" and "blutet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Blusen vs blutet". 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 #1,355,503 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