hurtvsHürthWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: hurt is a verb, Hürth is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hurt” is a verb and “Hürth” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,976
“hurt” frequency rank
#38,191
“Hürth” frequency rank
82167
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hurt Hürth
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs huren eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Letter map: hurt vs Hürth

Shared letters muted; letters that set hurt and Hürth apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hurt runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Hürth's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
hurt
5 ch
Hürth

Grammar separator: hurt vs Hürth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hurt is averb and Hürthaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hurt is recorded at frequency rank #43,976, classified as averb, pronounced [huːɐ̯t]. Hürth is at rank #38,191, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 82167, this pair ranks #162,150 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hurt vs Hürth

Shared letters: hrt. Private to "hurt": u. Private to "Hürth": ü.

"hurt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Hürth" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hurt ← hhurt · hrut · hurrt · hurtt · hutr · uhrt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hurt" and "Hürth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hurt" is a verb and "Hürth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hurt" or "Hürth"?
"Hürth" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,191 in our German list, against #43,976 for "hurt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "hurt" and "Hürth". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hurt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hürth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #162,150 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hurt" and "Hürth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hum vs hurt". 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 #162,150 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list