Which to use
“gebraucht” and “gebrauchte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,107
- “gebraucht” frequency rank
- #12,713
- “gebrauchte” frequency rank
- 14820
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gebraucht | gebrauchte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bereits verwendet, nicht neu | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gebraucht |
Where the eye mixes gebraucht and gebrauchte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: gebraucht vs gebrauchte
A purely visual mix-up. gebraucht ([ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xt]) and gebrauchte ([ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xtə]) 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) - “gebraucht” sits inside “gebrauchte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14820, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gebraucht is recorded at frequency rank #2,107, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xt]. 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 14820, this pair ranks #1,948,475 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gebraucht vs gebrauchte
Shared letters: abceghrtu. Private to "gebraucht": -. Private to "gebrauchte": -.
"gebraucht" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCC · "gebrauchte" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- gebraucht ← egbraucht · gberaucht · gebarucht · gebbraucht · gebracuht · gebrauccht · gebrauchht · gebrauchtt
- gebrauchte ← egbrauchte · gberauchte · gebaruchte · gebbrauchte · gebracuhte · gebraucchte · gebrauchet · gebrauchhte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gebraucht" and "gebrauchte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "gebraucht" or "gebrauchte" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "gebraucht" and "gebrauchte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gebraucht" 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 #1,948,475 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gebraucht" 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 #1,948,475 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.