angehörenvsangelogenWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“angehören” and “angelogen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,137
“angehören” frequency rank
#37,955
“angelogen” frequency rank
47092
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angehören angelogen
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Where the eye mixes angehören and angelogen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. angehören and angelogen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
angehören
9 ch
angelogen

Why the eye confuses angehören with angelogen

A purely visual mix-up. angehören ([ˈanɡəˌhøːʁən]) and angelogen ([ˈanɡəˌloːɡn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angehören is recorded at frequency rank #9,137, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌhøːʁən]. angelogen is at rank #37,955, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌloːɡn̩].

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 47092, this pair ranks #1,296,434 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of angehören vs angelogen

Shared letters: aegn. Private to "angehören": hrö. Private to "angelogen": lo.

"angehören" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "angelogen" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angelogen ← agnelogen · aneglogen · angelgoen · angellogen · angeloegn · angelogenn · angeloggen · angelogne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "angehören" for "angelogen" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌhøːʁən] versus [ˈanɡəˌloːɡn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "angehören" vs "angelogen" - which ranks higher?
"angehören" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,137 in our German list, against #37,955 for "angelogen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "angehören" and "angelogen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "angehören" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angelogen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,296,434 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angehören" and "angelogen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abgelegen vs angelogen". 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 #1,296,434 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list