Which to use
“abgehört” and “angehört” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,597
- “abgehört” frequency rank
- #7,271
- “angehört” frequency rank
- 29868
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abgehört | angehört |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs abhören | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anhören |
Where the eye mixes abgehört and angehört
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. abgehört and angehört follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: abgehört vs angehört
A purely visual mix-up. abgehört ([ˈapɡəˌhøːɐ̯t]) and angehört ([ˈanɡəˌhøːɐ̯t]) 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 - b in “abgehört” becomes n in “angehört”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abgehört is recorded at frequency rank #22,597, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈapɡəˌhøːɐ̯t]. angehört is at rank #7,271, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌhøːɐ̯t].
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 29868, this pair ranks #1,758,725 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of abgehört vs angehört
Shared letters: aeghrtö. Private to "abgehört": b. Private to "angehört": n.
"abgehört" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "angehört" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "abgehört" and "angehört" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "abgehört" or "angehört" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "abgehört" and "angehört" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abgehört" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angehört" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,758,725 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abgehört" and "angehört" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abgehakt vs abgehört". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,758,725 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.