Which to use
“gekillt” is a verb and “gekühlt” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,201
- “gekillt” frequency rank
- #28,676
- “gekühlt” frequency rank
- 63877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gekillt | gekühlt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs killen | kühl gemacht, mit verminderter Temperatur |
Where the eye mixes gekillt and gekühlt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gekillt and gekühlt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: gekillt vs gekühlt
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gekillt is [ɡəˈkɪlt] while gekühlt is [ɡəˈkyːlt]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gekillt is recorded at frequency rank #35,201, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈkɪlt]. gekühlt is at rank #28,676, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈkyːlt].
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 63877, this pair ranks #661,195 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gekillt vs gekühlt
Shared letters: egklt. Private to "gekillt": i. Private to "gekühlt": hü.
"gekillt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "gekühlt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gekillt ← egkillt · geikllt · gekilltt · gekilt · gekiltl · gekkillt · geklilt · ggekillt
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "gekillt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gekühlt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #661,195 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gekillt" and "gekühlt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gekifft vs gekillt". 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 #661,195 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.