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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Urteils" for "urteilt" ever safe?
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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.