UrteilsvsurteiltWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#20,445
“Urteils” frequency rank
#21,814
“urteilt” frequency rank
42259
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Urteils urteilt
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Urteil 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs urteilen

Where the eye mixes Urteils and urteilt

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

7 ch
Urteils
7 ch
urteilt

Visual trap between Urteils and urteilt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Urteils is [ˈʊʁtaɪ̯ls] while urteilt is [ˈuːɐ̯ˌtaɪ̯lt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “Urteils” becomes t in “urteilt”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Urteils is recorded at frequency rank #20,445, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʊʁtaɪ̯ls]. urteilt is at rank #21,814, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈuːɐ̯ˌtaɪ̯lt].

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 42259, this pair ranks #1,454,920 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Urteils vs urteilt

Shared letters: eilrtu. Private to "Urteils": s. Private to "urteilt": -.

"Urteils" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC  ·  "urteilt" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Urteils ← ruteils · uretils · urrteils · urteills · urteilss · urteisl · urtelis · urtiels
  • urteilt ← ruteilt · uretilt · urrteilt · urteillt · urteiltt · urteitl · urtelit · urtielt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Urteils" for "urteilt" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Urteils" is a noun and "urteilt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Urteils" or "urteilt"?
"Urteils" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,445 in our German list, against #21,814 for "urteilt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Urteils" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "urteilt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,454,920 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Urteils" and "urteilt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "urteilt vs urteilte". 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 #1,454,920 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