Which to use
“echt” is an adjective and “euch” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #394
- “echt” frequency rank
- #180
- “euch” frequency rank
- 574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | echt | euch |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | unverfälscht | Personalpronomen 2. Person Plural Dativ |
Where the eye mixes echt and euch
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: echt is [ɛçt] while euch is [ɔɪ̯ç]. 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 pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
echt is recorded at frequency rank #394, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɛçt]. euch is at rank #180, tagged as apron, pronounced [ɔɪ̯ç].
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 574, this pair ranks #2,005,666 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of echt vs euch
Shared letters: ceh. Private to "echt": t. Private to "euch": u.
"echt" · 4 letters · shape VCCC · "euch" · 4 letters · shape VVCC