gepushtvsgesuchtWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: gepusht is a verb, gesucht is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#47,439
“gepusht” frequency rank
#1,356
“gesucht” frequency rank
48795
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gepusht gesucht
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs pushen zwanghaft zustande gekommen, unnatürlich

Where the eye mixes gepusht and gesucht

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

7 ch
gepusht
7 ch
gesucht

Visual trap between gepusht and gesucht

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gepusht is [ɡəˈpʊʃt] while gesucht is [ɡəˈzuːxt]. 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 48795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gepusht is recorded at frequency rank #47,439, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈpʊʃt]. gesucht is at rank #1,356, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈzuːxt].

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 48795, this pair ranks #1,235,353 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gepusht vs gesucht

Shared letters: eghstu. Private to "gepusht": p. Private to "gesucht": c.

"gepusht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "gesucht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gepusht ← egpusht · geppusht · gepsuht · gepuhst · gepushht · gepushtt · gepussht · gepusth
  • gesucht ← egsucht · gescuht · gessucht · gesuccht · gesuchht · gesuchtt · gesucth · gesuhct

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gepusht" and "gesucht" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gepusht" is a verb and "gesucht" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "gepusht" vs "gesucht" - which ranks higher?
"gesucht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,356 in our German list, against #47,439 for "gepusht". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gepusht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gesucht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,235,353 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gepusht" and "gesucht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gepisst vs gepusht". 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 #1,235,353 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