Which to use
“glühen” and “glüht” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,571
- “glühen” frequency rank
- #39,396
- “glüht” frequency rank
- 71967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glühen | glüht |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | vor Hitze in oranger bis rötlicher Farbe leuchten | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs glühen |
Where the eye mixes glühen and glüht
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. glühen runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against glüht's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: glühen vs glüht
A purely visual mix-up. glühen ([ˈɡlyːən]) and glüht ([ɡlyːt]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glühen is recorded at frequency rank #32,571, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈɡlyːən]. glüht is at rank #39,396, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡlyːt].
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 71967, this pair ranks #401,624 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of glühen vs glüht
Shared letters: ghlü. Private to "glühen": en. Private to "glüht": t.
"glühen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "glüht" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "glühen" and "glüht" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "glühen" vs "glüht" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "glühen" and "glüht" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "glühen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "glüht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,624 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glühen" and "glüht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gicht vs glüht". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #401,624 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.