Which to use
“angehören” and “anhören” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,137
- “angehören” frequency rank
- #6,143
- “anhören” frequency rank
- 15280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | angehören | anhören |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Teil einer Gruppe, eines Gremiums, einer Organisation, eines Gebiets oder Ähnlichem sein | jemandem (aufmerksam) zuhören; jemandem (vor allem vor Gericht) Gehör schenken |
Where the eye mixes angehören and anhören
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. angehören runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against anhören's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: angehören vs anhören
A purely visual mix-up. angehören ([ˈanɡəˌhøːʁən]) and anhören ([ˈanˌhøːʁən]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15280, 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]. anhören is at rank #6,143, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈanˌhøːʁən].
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 15280, this pair ranks #1,945,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of angehören vs anhören
Shared letters: aehnrö. Private to "angehören": g. Private to "anhören": -.
"angehören" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "anhören" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "angehören" vs "anhören" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "angehören" and "anhören" 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 "anhören" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,945,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "angehören" and "anhören" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angehören vs anzugehören". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,945,091 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.