Which to use
“heiraten” and “heiratet” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,276
- “heiraten” frequency rank
- #14,587
- “heiratet” frequency rank
- 18863
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heiraten | heiratet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | den Bund der Ehe eingehen | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heiraten |
Where the eye mixes heiraten and heiratet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. heiraten and heiratet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses heiraten with heiratet
A purely visual mix-up. heiraten ([ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtn̩]) and heiratet ([ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtət]) 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 - n in “heiraten” becomes t in “heiratet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heiraten is recorded at frequency rank #4,276, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtn̩]. 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 18863, this pair ranks #1,914,145 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of heiraten vs heiratet
Shared letters: aehirt. Private to "heiraten": n. Private to "heiratet": -.
"heiraten" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "heiratet" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "heiraten" and "heiratet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "heiraten" or "heiratet" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "heiraten" 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 #1,914,145 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heiraten" 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 #1,914,145 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.