Which to use
“gasen” is a verb and “guten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,952
- “gasen” frequency rank
- #330
- “guten” frequency rank
- 40282
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gasen | guten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gas verlieren, freisetzen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gut |
Where the eye mixes gasen and guten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gasen and guten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between gasen and guten
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gasen is [ˈɡaːzn̩] while guten is [ˈɡuːtn̩]. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40282, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gasen is recorded at frequency rank #39,952, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈɡaːzn̩]. guten is at rank #330, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡuːtn̩].
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 40282, this pair ranks #1,512,948 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gasen vs guten
Shared letters: egn. Private to "gasen": as. Private to "guten": tu.
"gasen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "guten" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gasen" and "guten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "gasen" or "guten" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "gasen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,512,948 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gasen" and "guten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gasen vs given". 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 #1,512,948 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.