geholtvsGehölzeConfusable pair

Quick tell: geholt is a verb, Gehölze is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“geholt” is a verb and “Gehölze” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,446
“geholt” frequency rank
#47,424
“Gehölze” frequency rank
50870
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature geholt Gehölze
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs holen Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Gehölz

Where the eye mixes geholt and Gehölze

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. geholt runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against Gehölze's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
geholt
7 ch
Gehölze

Visual trap between geholt and Gehölze

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: geholt is [ɡəˈhoːlt] while Gehölze is [ɡəˈhœlt͡sə]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

geholt is recorded at frequency rank #3,446, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈhoːlt]. Gehölze is at rank #47,424, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈhœlt͡sə].

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 50870, this pair ranks #1,157,191 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of geholt vs Gehölze

Shared letters: eghl. Private to "geholt": ot. Private to "Gehölze": zö.

"geholt" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "Gehölze" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • geholt ← egholt · gehholt · gehlot · gehollt · geholtt · gehotl · geohlt · ggeholt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "geholt" and "Gehölze" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "geholt" is a verb and "Gehölze" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "geholt" or "Gehölze" show up more?
"geholt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,446 in our German list, against #47,424 for "Gehölze". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "geholt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Gehölze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,157,191 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "geholt" and "Gehölze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gehilfe vs Gehölze". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,157,191 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list