gelecktvsgepacktTell them apart

Quick tell: geleckt is a adjective, gepackt is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“geleckt” is an adjective and “gepackt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,571
“geleckt” frequency rank
#7,615
“gepackt” frequency rank
38186
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature geleckt gepackt
Definition in sauberer Manier zurechtgemacht Partizip Perfekt des Verbs packen

Where the eye mixes geleckt and gepackt

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

7 ch
geleckt
7 ch
gepackt

Why the eye confuses geleckt with gepackt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: geleckt is [ɡəˈlɛkt] while gepackt is [ɡəˈpakt]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

geleckt is recorded at frequency rank #30,571, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈlɛkt]. gepackt is at rank #7,615, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈpakt].

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 38186, this pair ranks #1,570,616 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of geleckt vs gepackt

Shared letters: cegkt. Private to "geleckt": l. Private to "gepackt": ap.

"geleckt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "gepackt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • geleckt ← egleckt · geelckt · gelcekt · gelecckt · geleckkt · gelecktt · gelectk · gelekct
  • gepackt ← egpackt · geapckt · gepacckt · gepackkt · gepacktt · gepactk · gepakct · gepcakt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "geleckt" and "gepackt" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "geleckt" is an adjective and "gepackt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "geleckt" or "gepackt" show up more?
"gepackt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,615 in our German list, against #30,571 for "geleckt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "geleckt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gepackt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,570,616 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "geleckt" and "gepackt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geleakt vs geleckt". 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 #1,570,616 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