Which to use
“wählt” and “währt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,697
- “wählt” frequency rank
- #30,876
- “währt” frequency rank
- 34573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wählt | währt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wählen | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs währen |
Where the eye mixes wählt and währt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. wählt and währt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: wählt vs währt
A purely visual mix-up. wählt ([vɛːlt]) and währt ([vɛːɐ̯t]) 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 - l in “wählt” becomes r in “währt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wählt is recorded at frequency rank #3,697, classified as averb, pronounced [vɛːlt]. währt is at rank #30,876, tagged as averb, pronounced [vɛːɐ̯t].
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 34573, this pair ranks #1,660,167 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wählt vs währt
Shared letters: htwä. Private to "wählt": l. Private to "währt": r.
"wählt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "währt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "wählt" and "währt" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "wählt" vs "währt" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "wählt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "währt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,660,167 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wählt" and "währt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "währt vs währte". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,660,167 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.