Which to use
“Gefährte” is a noun and “gefasste” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,349
- “Gefährte” frequency rank
- #33,066
- “gefasste” frequency rank
- 69415
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gefährte | gefasste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Person, die einer anderen Person durch Zuneigung oder Schicksal verbunden ist und mit der man viel Zeit verbringt, zum Beispiel auch, indem man gemeinsam etwas unternimmt | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst |
Where the eye mixes Gefährte and gefasste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Gefährte and gefasste follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses Gefährte with gefasste
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gefährte is [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯tə] while gefasste is [ɡəˈfastə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 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 69415, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gefährte is recorded at frequency rank #36,349, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯tə]. gefasste is at rank #33,066, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈfastə].
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 69415, this pair ranks #477,328 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Gefährte vs gefasste
Shared letters: efgt. Private to "Gefährte": hrä. Private to "gefasste": as.
"Gefährte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "gefasste" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- gefasste ← egfasste · geafsste · gefasset · gefasstte · gefaste · gefastse · gefaßte · geffasste
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Gefährte" and "gefasste" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Gefährte" vs "gefasste" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Gefährte" and "gefasste" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Gefährte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gefasste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #477,328 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Gefährte" and "gefasste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gefährte vs genährt". 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 #477,328 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.