Which to use
“Geliebte” is a noun and “geliebtes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,063
- “Geliebte” frequency rank
- #34,683
- “geliebtes” frequency rank
- 42746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Geliebte | geliebtes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | weiblicher Partner, für den Liebe empfunden wird oder mit dem eine sexuelle Beziehung aufrechterhalten wird | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geliebt |
Where the eye mixes Geliebte and geliebtes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. Geliebte runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against geliebtes's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Geliebte vs geliebtes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Geliebte is [ɡəˈliːptə] while geliebtes is [ɡəˈliːptəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Geliebte” sits inside “geliebtes”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Geliebte is recorded at frequency rank #8,063, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈliːptə]. geliebtes is at rank #34,683, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈliːptəs].
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 42746, this pair ranks #1,439,787 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Geliebte vs geliebtes
Shared letters: begilt. Private to "Geliebte": -. Private to "geliebtes": s.
"Geliebte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "geliebtes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Geliebte" for "geliebtes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Geliebte" vs "geliebtes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Geliebte" and "geliebtes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Geliebte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "geliebtes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,439,787 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Geliebte" and "geliebtes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geliebtes vs gezieltes". 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 #1,439,787 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.