Which to use
“wertet” is a verb and “Wortes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,126
- “wertet” frequency rank
- #7,258
- “Wortes” frequency rank
- 28384
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wertet | Wortes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs werten | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Wort |
Where the eye mixes wertet and Wortes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. wertet and Wortes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: wertet vs Wortes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: wertet is [ˈveːɐ̯tət] while Wortes is [ˈvɔʁtəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wertet is recorded at frequency rank #21,126, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈveːɐ̯tət]. Wortes is at rank #7,258, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈvɔʁtəs].
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 28384, this pair ranks #1,785,748 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wertet vs Wortes
Shared letters: ertw. Private to "wertet": -. Private to "Wortes": os.
"wertet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Wortes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "wertet" and "Wortes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "wertet" or "Wortes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "wertet" and "Wortes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "wertet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Wortes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,785,748 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wertet" and "Wortes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wertet vs wettert". 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 #1,785,748 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.