Which to use
“gratuliere” and “gratuliert” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,088
- “gratuliere” frequency rank
- #20,608
- “gratuliert” frequency rank
- 34696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gratuliere | gratuliert |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gratulieren | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gratulieren |
Where the eye mixes gratuliere and gratuliert
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between gratuliere and gratuliert
A purely visual mix-up. gratuliere ([ɡʁatuˈliːʁə]) and gratuliert ([ɡʁatuˈliːɐ̯t]) 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 a single letter - e in “gratuliere” becomes t in “gratuliert”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gratuliere is recorded at frequency rank #14,088, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡʁatuˈliːʁə]. gratuliert is at rank #20,608, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡʁatuˈliːɐ̯t].
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 34696, this pair ranks #1,657,451 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gratuliere vs gratuliert
Shared letters: aegilrtu. Private to "gratuliere": -. Private to "gratuliert": -.
"gratuliere" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCV · "gratuliert" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gratuliere ← gartuliere · ggratuliere · gratluiere · grattuliere · gratuilere · gratuleire · gratulieer · gratulierre
- gratuliert ← gartuliert · ggratuliert · gratluiert · grattuliert · gratuilert · gratuleirt · gratulierrt · gratuliertt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gratuliere" and "gratuliert" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "gratuliere" or "gratuliert" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gratuliere" and "gratuliert" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gratuliere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gratuliert" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,657,451 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gratuliere" and "gratuliert" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gratulieren vs gratuliert". 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 #1,657,451 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.