gekochtevsGerichteTell them apart

Quick tell: gekochte is a adjective, Gerichte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gekochte” is an adjective and “Gerichte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,186
“gekochte” frequency rank
#4,202
“Gerichte” frequency rank
45388
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gekochte Gerichte
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gekocht Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Gericht

Where the eye mixes gekochte and Gerichte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. gekochte and Gerichte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
gekochte
8 ch
Gerichte

Look-alike desk: gekochte vs Gerichte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gekochte is [ɡəˈkɔxtə] while Gerichte is [ɡəˈʁɪçtə]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gekochte is recorded at frequency rank #41,186, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈkɔxtə]. Gerichte is at rank #4,202, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈʁɪçtə].

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 45388, this pair ranks #1,354,733 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gekochte vs Gerichte

Shared letters: ceght. Private to "gekochte": ko. Private to "Gerichte": ir.

"gekochte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV  ·  "Gerichte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gekochte ← egkochte · gekcohte · gekkochte · gekocchte · gekochet · gekochhte · gekochtte · gekocthe
  • Gerichte ← egrichte · geirchte · gercihte · gericchte · gerichet · gerichhte · gerichtte · gericthe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gekochte" and "Gerichte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gekochte" is an adjective and "Gerichte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "gekochte" or "Gerichte" show up more?
"Gerichte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,202 in our German list, against #41,186 for "gekochte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gekochte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Gerichte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,354,733 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gekochte" and "Gerichte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gefechte vs gekochte". 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 #1,354,733 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