Which to use
“gefühlt” is a verb and “geführte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,314
- “gefühlt” frequency rank
- #10,474
- “geführte” frequency rank
- 13788
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gefühlt | geführte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs fühlen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geführt |
Where the eye mixes gefühlt and geführte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gefühlt is [ɡəˈfyːlt] while geführte is [ɡəˈfyːɐ̯tə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13788, 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]. 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 13788, this pair ranks #1,955,703 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gefühlt vs geführte
Shared letters: efghtü. Private to "gefühlt": l. Private to "geführte": r.
"gefühlt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "geführte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV