# Gatte vs gotta

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Gatte
*noun · IPA [ˈɡatə] · frequency rank #22,344*
der Ehemann

### gotta
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #35,814*
umgangssp. benötigen, müssen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/gatte-vs-gotta