Which to use
“feucht” and “feuchter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,466
- “feucht” frequency rank
- #24,334
- “feuchter” frequency rank
- 31800
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feucht | feuchter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit ein wenig Wasser (seltener mit einer anderen Flüssigkeit) | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs feucht |
Where the eye mixes feucht and feuchter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. feucht runs 6 letters (CVVCCC) against feuchter's 8 (CVVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: feucht vs feuchter
A purely visual mix-up. feucht ([fɔɪ̯çt]) and feuchter ([ˈfɔɪ̯çtɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “feucht” sits inside “feuchter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31800, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feucht is recorded at frequency rank #7,466, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɔɪ̯çt]. feuchter is at rank #24,334, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɔɪ̯çtɐ].
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 31800, this pair ranks #1,720,757 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of feucht vs feuchter
Shared letters: cefhtu. Private to "feucht": -. Private to "feuchter": r.
"feucht" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "feuchter" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feucht" and "feuchter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "feucht" or "feuchter" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "feucht" and "feuchter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "feucht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feuchter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,720,757 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feucht" and "feuchter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fechter vs feuchter". 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 #1,720,757 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.