Which to use
“Angehörige” is a noun and “angehörte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,562
- “Angehörige” frequency rank
- #27,608
- “angehörte” frequency rank
- 33170
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Angehörige | angehörte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine weibliche Person, die zu einer bestimmten Gruppe gerechnet wird | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs angehört |
Where the eye mixes Angehörige and angehörte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. Angehörige runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVCV) against angehörte's 9 (VCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between Angehörige and angehörte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Angehörige is [ˈanɡəˌhøːʁɪɡə] while angehörte is [ˈanɡəˌhøːɐ̯tə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Angehörige is recorded at frequency rank #5,562, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌhøːʁɪɡə]. angehörte is at rank #27,608, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌhøːɐ̯tə].
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 33170, this pair ranks #1,691,771 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Angehörige vs angehörte
Shared letters: aeghnrö. Private to "Angehörige": i. Private to "angehörte": t.
"Angehörige" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV · "angehörte" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Angehörige" and "angehörte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Angehörige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angehörte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,691,771 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Angehörige" and "angehörte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angehörte vs angehörten". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,691,771 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.