Which to use
“given” is a verb and “guten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,187
- “given” frequency rank
- #330
- “guten” frequency rank
- 48517
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | given | guten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs give | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gut |
Letter map: given vs guten
Shared letters muted; letters that set given and guten apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. given and guten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: given vs guten
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: given is averb and gutenanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48517, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
given is recorded at frequency rank #48,187, classified as averb, pronounced […]. guten is at rank #330, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡuːtn̩].
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 48517, this pair ranks #1,245,662 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of given vs guten
Shared letters: egn. Private to "given": iv. Private to "guten": tu.
"given" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "guten" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "given" and "guten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "given" or "guten" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "given" and "guten".
- Full dictionary entry for "given" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,245,662 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "given" and "guten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "given vs puzzles". 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 #1,245,662 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.