gelecktvsgewecktWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#30,571
“geleckt” frequency rank
#7,619
“geweckt” frequency rank
38190
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature geleckt geweckt
Definition in sauberer Manier zurechtgemacht Partizip Perfekt des Verbs wecken

Where the eye mixes geleckt and geweckt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. geleckt and geweckt 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
geweckt

Visual trap between geleckt and geweckt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: geleckt is [ɡəˈlɛkt] while geweckt is [ɡəˈvɛkt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - l in “geleckt” becomes w in “geweckt”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38190, 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]. geweckt is at rank #7,619, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈvɛkt].

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 38190, this pair ranks #1,570,492 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of geleckt vs geweckt

Shared letters: cegkt. Private to "geleckt": l. Private to "geweckt": w.

"geleckt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "geweckt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • geleckt ← egleckt · geelckt · gelcekt · gelecckt · geleckkt · gelecktt · gelectk · gelekct
  • geweckt ← egweckt · geewckt · gewcekt · gewecckt · geweckkt · gewecktt · gewectk · gewekct

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "geleckt" and "geweckt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "geleckt" is an adjective and "geweckt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "geleckt" or "geweckt"?
"geweckt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,619 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "geleckt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "geweckt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,570,492 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "geleckt" and "geweckt" 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 #1,570,492 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