Which to use
“geschützt” and “geschützter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,964
- “geschützt” frequency rank
- #35,800
- “geschützter” frequency rank
- 39764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | geschützt | geschützter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | gefeit, immun, nicht anfällig | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschützt |
Where the eye mixes geschützt and geschützter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. geschützt runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCCC) against geschützter's 11 (CVCCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: geschützt vs geschützter
A purely visual mix-up. geschützt ([ɡəˈʃʏt͡st]) and geschützter ([ɡəˈʃʏt͡stɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “geschützt” sits inside “geschützter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
geschützt is recorded at frequency rank #3,964, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈʃʏt͡st]. geschützter is at rank #35,800, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈʃʏt͡stɐ].
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 39764, this pair ranks #1,527,581 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of geschützt vs geschützter
Shared letters: ceghstzü. Private to "geschützt": -. Private to "geschützter": r.
"geschützt" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCCC · "geschützter" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "geschützt" vs "geschützter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "geschützt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "geschützter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,527,581 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "geschützt" and "geschützter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geschützter vs geschütztes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,527,581 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.