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“ruft” and “ruht” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,318
- “ruft” frequency rank
- #11,114
- “ruht” frequency rank
- 13432
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ruft | ruht |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rufen | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ruhen |
Where the eye mixes ruft and ruht
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ruft vs ruht
A purely visual mix-up. ruft ([ʁuːft]) and ruht ([ʁuːt]) 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 - f in “ruft” becomes h in “ruht”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13432, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ruft is recorded at frequency rank #2,318, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁuːft]. ruht is at rank #11,114, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʁuːt].
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 13432, this pair ranks #1,958,030 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ruft vs ruht
Shared letters: rtu. Private to "ruft": f. Private to "ruht": h.
"ruft" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "ruht" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ruft" and "ruht" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "ruft" or "ruht" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ruft" and "ruht" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ruft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ruht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,958,030 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ruft" and "ruht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "RUB vs ruht". 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 #1,958,030 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.