Which to use
“Heute” and “Hüfte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #127
- “Heute” frequency rank
- #12,511
- “Hüfte” frequency rank
- 12638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Heute | Hüfte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gegenwart, die heutige Zeit (Zeit in der wir leben) | die seitliche Körperpartie unterhalb der Taille auf Höhe des Beckengürtels |
Where the eye mixes Heute and Hüfte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. Heute ([ˈhɔɪ̯tə]) and Hüfte ([ˈhʏftə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Heute is recorded at frequency rank #127, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɔɪ̯tə]. Hüfte is at rank #12,511, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhʏftə].
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 12638, this pair ranks #1,962,958 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Heute vs Hüfte
Shared letters: eht. Private to "Heute": u. Private to "Hüfte": fü.
"Heute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Hüfte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Heute ← ehute · hetue · heuet · heutte · hheute · huete