Which to use
“fügte” and “fügten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,198
- “fügte” frequency rank
- #45,292
- “fügten” frequency rank
- 54490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fügte | fügten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fügen | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fügen |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set fügte and fügten apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. fügte ([ˈfyːktə]) and fügten ([ˈfyːktn̩]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “fügte” sits inside “fügten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fügte is recorded at frequency rank #9,198, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfyːktə]. fügten is at rank #45,292, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈfyːktn̩].
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 54490, this pair ranks #1,016,848 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fügte vs fügten
Shared letters: efgtü. Private to "fügte": -. Private to "fügten": n.
"fügte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fügten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC