Which to use
“wüten” and “wütet” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,274
- “wüten” frequency rank
- #42,275
- “wütet” frequency rank
- 84549
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wüten | wütet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | kraftvoll agierend und oft ungerichtet Zerstörungen anrichten | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wüten |
Where the eye mixes wüten and wütet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. wüten and wütet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses wüten with wütet
A purely visual mix-up. wüten ([ˈvyːtn̩]) and wütet ([ˈvyːtət]) 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 - n in “wüten” becomes t in “wütet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wüten is recorded at frequency rank #42,274, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈvyːtn̩]. wütet is at rank #42,275, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈvyːtət].
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 84549, this pair ranks #121,978 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of wüten vs wütet
Shared letters: etwü. Private to "wüten": n. Private to "wütet": -.
"wüten" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "wütet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "wüten" and "wütet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "wüten" or "wütet" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "wüten" and "wütet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "wüten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wütet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,978 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wüten" and "wütet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Wotan vs wüten". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #121,978 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.