Which to use
“geführt” is a verb and “geführte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,197
- “geführt” frequency rank
- #10,474
- “geführte” frequency rank
- 11671
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | geführt | geführte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs führen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geführt |
Where the eye mixes geführt and geführte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: geführt is [ɡəˈfyːɐ̯t] while geführte is [ɡəˈfyːɐ̯tə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “geführt” sits inside “geführte”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11671, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
geführt is recorded at frequency rank #1,197, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈfyːɐ̯t]. 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 11671, this pair ranks #1,968,571 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of geführt vs geführte
Shared letters: efghrtü. Private to "geführt": -. Private to "geführte": -.
"geführt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "geführte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV