Which to use
“geführte” and “gewährte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,474
- “geführte” frequency rank
- #17,014
- “gewährte” frequency rank
- 27488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | geführte | gewährte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geführt | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs gewährt |
Where the eye mixes geführte and gewährte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. geführte and gewährte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between geführte and gewährte
A purely visual mix-up. geführte ([ɡəˈfyːɐ̯tə]) and gewährte ([ɡəˈvɛːɐ̯tə]) 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 27488, 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]. gewährte is at rank #17,014, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈvɛːɐ̯tə].
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 27488, this pair ranks #1,800,999 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of geführte vs gewährte
Shared letters: eghrt. Private to "geführte": fü. Private to "gewährte": wä.
"geführte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "gewährte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "geführte" and "gewährte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "geführte" vs "gewährte" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "geführte" and "gewährte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "geführte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gewährte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,800,999 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "geführte" and "gewährte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "genährt vs gewährte". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,800,999 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.