Which to use
“gefühlt” is a verb and “gefühlte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,314
- “gefühlt” frequency rank
- #15,634
- “gefühlte” frequency rank
- 18948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gefühlt | gefühlte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs fühlen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefühlt |
Where the eye mixes gefühlt and gefühlte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: gefühlt vs gefühlte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gefühlt is [ɡəˈfyːlt] while gefühlte is [ɡəˈfyːltə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “gefühlt” sits inside “gefühlte”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gefühlt is recorded at frequency rank #3,314, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈfyːlt]. gefühlte is at rank #15,634, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈfyːltə].
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 18948, this pair ranks #1,913,261 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gefühlt vs gefühlte
Shared letters: efghltü. Private to "gefühlt": -. Private to "gefühlte": -.
"gefühlt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "gefühlte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gefühlt" and "gefühlte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "gefühlt" or "gefühlte" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "gefühlt" and "gefühlte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gefühlt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gefühlte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,913,261 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gefühlt" and "gefühlte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gefühls vs gefühlte". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,913,261 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.