Which to use
“vierter” and “viertes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,965
- “vierter” frequency rank
- #21,836
- “viertes” frequency rank
- 32801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vierter | viertes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | unbestimmte männliche Deklination von vierte | unbestimmte neutrale Deklination von vierte |
Where the eye mixes vierter and viertes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vierter and viertes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: vierter vs viertes
A purely visual mix-up. vierter ([ˈfiːɐ̯tɐ]) and viertes ([ˈfiːɐ̯təs]) 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 - r in “vierter” becomes s in “viertes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vierter is recorded at frequency rank #10,965, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈfiːɐ̯tɐ]. viertes is at rank #21,836, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈfiːɐ̯təs].
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 32801, this pair ranks #1,699,721 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vierter vs viertes
Shared letters: eirtv. Private to "vierter": -. Private to "viertes": s.
"vierter" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "viertes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "vierter" and "viertes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vierter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "viertes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,699,721 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vierter" and "viertes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Viertels vs viertes". 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 #1,699,721 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.