Which to use
“Heirat” is a noun and “heiratet” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,924
- “Heirat” frequency rank
- #14,587
- “heiratet” frequency rank
- 24511
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Heirat | heiratet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | festliches Ereignis, bei dem zwei Menschen den Bund der Ehe schließen oder sich verpartnern | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heiraten |
Where the eye mixes Heirat and heiratet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Heirat runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against heiratet's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between Heirat and heiratet
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Heirat is [ˈhaɪ̯ˌʁaːt] while heiratet is [ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtət]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Heirat” sits inside “heiratet”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Heirat is recorded at frequency rank #9,924, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]. heiratet is at rank #14,587, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtət].
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 24511, this pair ranks #1,846,574 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Heirat vs heiratet
Shared letters: aehirt. Private to "Heirat": -. Private to "heiratet": -.
"Heirat" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "heiratet" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Heirat" and "heiratet" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "Heirat" or "heiratet" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Heirat" and "heiratet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Heirat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heiratet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,846,574 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Heirat" and "heiratet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heiratet vs heirateten". 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 #1,846,574 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.