Gefühls vs geführt, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Gefühls” is a noun and “geführt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,203
“Gefühls” frequency rank: #1,197
“geführt” frequency rank: 44400
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Gefühls	geführt
Definition	Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gefühl	Partizip Perfekt des Verbs führen

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set Gefühls and geführt apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

Gefühls

7 ch

geführt

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gefühls is [ɡəˈfyːls] while geführt is [ɡəˈfyːɐ̯t]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gefühls is recorded at frequency rank #43,203, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈfyːls]. geführt is at rank #1,197, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈfyːɐ̯t].

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 44400, this pair ranks #1,387,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Gefühls vs geführt

Shared letters: efghü. Private to "Gefühls": ls. Private to "geführt": rt.

"Gefühls" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "geführt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Frequency comparison

Gefühls#43,203

geführt#1,197

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Gefühls" and "geführt" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Gefühls" is a noun and "geführt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "Gefühls" or "geführt"?

"geführt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,197 in our German list, against #43,203 for "Gefühls". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering Gefühls vs geführt

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “Gefühls”; for a verb, it's “geführt”.
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