# rettet vs rotten

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### rettet
*verb · IPA [ˈʁɛtət] · frequency rank #7,104*
3. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs retten

### rotten
*verb · IPA [ˈʁɔtn̩] · frequency rank #34,340*
faulen, verfallen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/rettet-vs-rotten