gekicktvsGesichtConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#44,638
“gekickt” frequency rank
#778
“Gesicht” frequency rank
45416
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gekickt Gesicht
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs kicken die vom Haupthaar ausgesparte Vorderseite des menschlichen Kopfes, auf der die Augen, die Nase und der Mund liegen

Where the eye mixes gekickt and Gesicht

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gekickt and Gesicht follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
gekickt
7 ch
Gesicht

Look-alike desk: gekickt vs Gesicht

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gekickt is [ɡəˈkɪkt] while Gesicht is [ɡəˈzɪçt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45416, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gekickt is recorded at frequency rank #44,638, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈkɪkt]. Gesicht is at rank #778, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈzɪçt].

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 45416, this pair ranks #1,353,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gekickt vs Gesicht

Shared letters: cegit. Private to "gekickt": k. Private to "Gesicht": hs.

"gekickt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "Gesicht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gekickt ← egkickt · geikckt · gekcikt · gekicckt · gekickkt · gekicktt · gekictk · gekikct
  • Gesicht ← egsicht · geischt · gesciht · gesiccht · gesichht · gesichtt · gesicth · gesihct

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gekickt" for "Gesicht" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gekickt" is a verb and "Gesicht" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "gekickt" or "Gesicht" show up more?
"Gesicht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #778 in our German list, against #44,638 for "gekickt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "gekickt" and "Gesicht" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gekickt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Gesicht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,353,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gekickt" and "Gesicht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gekickt vs geknickt". 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 #1,353,756 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