Which to use
“geführte” is an adjective and “gerührt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,474
- “geführte” frequency rank
- #13,375
- “gerührt” frequency rank
- 23849
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | geführte | gerührt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geführt | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs rühren |
Where the eye mixes geführte and gerührt
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: geführte is [ɡəˈfyːɐ̯tə] while gerührt is [ɡəˈʁyːɐ̯t]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23849, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
geführte is recorded at frequency rank #10,474, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈfyːɐ̯tə]. gerührt is at rank #13,375, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈʁyːɐ̯t].
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 23849, this pair ranks #1,855,811 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of geführte vs gerührt
Shared letters: eghrtü. Private to "geführte": f. Private to "gerührt": -.
"geführte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "gerührt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC