Which to use
“Gedicht” is a noun and “gekocht” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,709
- “Gedicht” frequency rank
- #7,614
- “gekocht” frequency rank
- 13323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gedicht | gekocht |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lyrisches sprachliches Kunstwerk, das meist schriftlich und in Strophen- und Versform vorliegt | unter Einwirkung von Hitze zu einer Mahlzeit zubereitet |
Where the eye mixes Gedicht and gekocht
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Gedicht and gekocht follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Gedicht vs gekocht
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gedicht is [ɡəˈdɪçt] while gekocht is [ɡəˈkɔxt]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gedicht is recorded at frequency rank #5,709, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈdɪçt]. gekocht is at rank #7,614, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈkɔxt].
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 13323, this pair ranks #1,958,709 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Gedicht vs gekocht
Shared letters: ceght. Private to "Gedicht": di. Private to "gekocht": ko.
"Gedicht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "gekocht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Gedicht" for "gekocht" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Gedicht" or "gekocht" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Gedicht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gekocht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,958,709 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Gedicht" and "gekocht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gedicht vs Gedichts". 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 #1,958,709 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.