Which to use
“geehrte” and “geführte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,366
- “geehrte” frequency rank
- #10,474
- “geführte” frequency rank
- 25840
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | geehrte | geführte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geehrt | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geführt |
Where the eye mixes geehrte and geführte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. geehrte ([ɡəˈʔeːɐ̯tə]) and geführte ([ɡəˈfyːɐ̯tə]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
geehrte is recorded at frequency rank #15,366, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈʔeːɐ̯tə]. geführte is at rank #10,474, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈfyːɐ̯tə].
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 25840, this pair ranks #1,827,211 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of geehrte vs geführte
Shared letters: eghrt. Private to "geehrte": -. Private to "geführte": fü.
"geehrte" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCCV · "geführte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- geehrte ← egehrte · geehhrte · geehret · geehrrte · geehrtte · geehtre · geerhte · geherte