Which to use
“geführt” is a verb and “geführten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,197
- “geführt” frequency rank
- #9,199
- “geführten” frequency rank
- 10396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | geführt | geführten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs führen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geführt |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set geführt and geführten apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: geführt is [ɡəˈfyːɐ̯t] while geführten is [ɡəˈfyːɐ̯tn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “geführt” sits inside “geführten”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10396, 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]. geführten is at rank #9,199, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈfyːɐ̯tn̩].
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 10396, this pair ranks #1,975,359 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of geführt vs geführten
Shared letters: efghrtü. Private to "geführt": -. Private to "geführten": n.
"geführt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "geführten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC