Which to use
“Urteils” is a noun and “urteilte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,445
- “Urteils” frequency rank
- #22,942
- “urteilte” frequency rank
- 43387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Urteils | urteilte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Urteil | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs urteilen |
Where the eye mixes Urteils and urteilte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Urteils runs 7 letters (VCCVVCC) against urteilte's 8 (VCCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Urteils vs urteilte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Urteils is [ˈʊʁtaɪ̯ls] while urteilte is [ˈuːɐ̯ˌtaɪ̯ltə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43387, 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]. urteilte is at rank #22,942, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈuːɐ̯ˌtaɪ̯ltə].
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 43387, this pair ranks #1,419,729 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Urteils vs urteilte
Shared letters: eilrtu. Private to "Urteils": s. Private to "urteilte": -.
"Urteils" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC · "urteilte" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Urteils" for "urteilte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Urteils" vs "urteilte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Urteils" and "urteilte" 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 "urteilte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,419,729 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Urteils" and "urteilte" 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 #1,419,729 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.