SchottervsschüttetWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Schotter is a noun, schüttet is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Schotter” is a noun and “schüttet” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,915
“Schotter” frequency rank
#29,777
“schüttet” frequency rank
54692
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Schotter schüttet
Definition grobes Steinmaterial, welches zum Auffüllen verwendet wird (zum Beispiel kantige Steine für die Trasse beim Gleisbau) oder in der Natur vorkommt (zum Beispiel gerundete Steine in einem Bachbett) 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schütten

Where the eye mixes Schotter and schüttet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Schotter and schüttet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
Schotter
8 ch
schüttet

Visual trap between Schotter and schüttet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Schotter is [ˈʃɔtɐ] while schüttet is [ˈʃʏtət]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Schotter is recorded at frequency rank #24,915, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃɔtɐ]. schüttet is at rank #29,777, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʃʏtət].

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 54692, this pair ranks #1,008,898 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Schotter vs schüttet

Shared letters: cehst. Private to "Schotter": or. Private to "schüttet": ü.

"Schotter" · 8 letters · shape CCCVCCVC  ·  "schüttet" · 8 letters · shape CCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Schotter ← cshotter · scchotter · schhotter · schoter · schotetr · schotterr · schottre · schtoter

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Schotter" and "schüttet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Schotter" is a noun and "schüttet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Schotter" vs "schüttet" - which ranks higher?
"Schotter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,915 in our German list, against #29,777 for "schüttet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Schotter" and "schüttet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Schotter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "schüttet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,008,898 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Schotter" and "schüttet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "schütt vs schüttet". 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 #1,008,898 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