Which to use
“Gefährten” is a noun and “gefassten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,585
- “Gefährten” frequency rank
- #32,055
- “gefassten” frequency rank
- 49640
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gefährten | gefassten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gefährte | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst |
Where the eye mixes Gefährten and gefassten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Gefährten and gefassten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Gefährten vs gefassten
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gefährten is [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯tn̩] while gefassten is [ɡəˈfastn̩]. 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 49640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gefährten is recorded at frequency rank #17,585, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯tn̩]. gefassten is at rank #32,055, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈfastn̩].
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 49640, this pair ranks #1,203,835 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Gefährten vs gefassten
Shared letters: efgnt. Private to "Gefährten": hrä. Private to "gefassten": as.
"Gefährten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC · "gefassten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gefassten ← egfassten · geafssten · gefassetn · gefasstenn · gefasstne · gefasstten · gefasten · gefastsen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Gefährten" and "gefassten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Gefährten" or "gefassten" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Gefährten" and "gefassten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Gefährten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gefassten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,203,835 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Gefährten" and "gefassten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gefahrenen vs Gefährten". 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 #1,203,835 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.