Which to use
“gebracht” is an unknown and “gebrauchte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #748
- “gebracht” frequency rank
- #12,713
- “gebrauchte” frequency rank
- 13461
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gebracht | gebrauchte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt von bringen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gebraucht |
Where the eye mixes gebracht and gebrauchte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. gebracht runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCC) against gebrauchte's 10 (CVCCVVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses gebracht with gebrauchte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gebracht is [ɡəˈbʁaxt] while gebrauchte is [ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (unknown vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gebracht is recorded at frequency rank #748, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ɡəˈbʁaxt]. gebrauchte is at rank #12,713, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xtə].
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 13461, this pair ranks #1,957,835 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gebracht vs gebrauchte
Shared letters: abceghrt. Private to "gebracht": -. Private to "gebrauchte": u.
"gebracht" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC · "gebrauchte" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- gebracht ← egbracht · gberacht · gebarcht · gebbracht · gebraccht · gebrachht · gebrachtt · gebracth
- gebrauchte ← egbrauchte · gberauchte · gebaruchte · gebbrauchte · gebracuhte · gebraucchte · gebrauchet · gebrauchhte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gebracht" and "gebrauchte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "gebracht" or "gebrauchte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gebracht" and "gebrauchte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gebracht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gebrauchte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,957,835 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gebracht" and "gebrauchte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gebrachte vs gebrauchte". 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 #1,957,835 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.