empörtvsExportWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: empört is a adjective, Export is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“empört” is an adjective and “Export” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,889
“empört” frequency rank
#8,204
“Export” frequency rank
18093
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature empört Export
Definition sehr verärgert über etwas sein Verkauf oder Transport von Gütern ins Ausland

Where the eye mixes empört and Export

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
empört
6 ch
Export

Why the eye confuses empört with Export

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: empört is [ɛmˈpøːɐ̯t] while Export is [ɛksˈpɔʁt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

empört is recorded at frequency rank #9,889, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɛmˈpøːɐ̯t]. Export is at rank #8,204, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɛksˈpɔʁt].

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 18093, this pair ranks #1,921,465 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of empört vs Export

Shared letters: eprt. Private to "empört": . Private to "Export": ox.

"empört" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC  ·  "Export" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Exportepxort · exoprt · exporrt · exportt · expotr · expport · exprot · exxport

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "empört" and "Export" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "empört" is an adjective and "Export" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "empört" or "Export" show up more?
"Export" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,204 in our German list, against #9,889 for "empört". 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 "empört" and "Export" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "empört" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Export" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,921,465 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "empört" and "Export" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empören vs empört". 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 #1,921,465 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