Which to use
“gefühlte” and “gewählte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,634
- “gefühlte” frequency rank
- #8,567
- “gewählte” frequency rank
- 24201
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gefühlte | gewählte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefühlt | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewählt |
Where the eye mixes gefühlte and gewählte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. gefühlte and gewählte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: gefühlte vs gewählte
A purely visual mix-up. gefühlte ([ɡəˈfyːltə]) and gewählte ([ɡəˈvɛːltə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24201, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gefühlte is recorded at frequency rank #15,634, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈfyːltə]. gewählte is at rank #8,567, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈvɛːltə].
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 24201, this pair ranks #1,850,995 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gefühlte vs gewählte
Shared letters: eghlt. Private to "gefühlte": fü. Private to "gewählte": wä.
"gefühlte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "gewählte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gefühlte" and "gewählte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "gefühlte" vs "gewählte" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "gefühlte" and "gewählte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gefühlte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gewählte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,850,995 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gefühlte" and "gewählte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gefühls vs gefühlte". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,850,995 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.