Which to use
“angehört” is a verb and “angehörten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,271
- “angehört” frequency rank
- #29,920
- “angehörten” frequency rank
- 37191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | angehört | angehörten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anhören | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs angehört |
Where the eye mixes angehört and angehörten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. angehört runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCC) against angehörten's 10 (VCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: angehört vs angehörten
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angehört is [ˈanɡəˌhøːɐ̯t] while angehörten is [ˈanɡəˌhøːɐ̯tn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “angehört” sits inside “angehörten”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
angehört is recorded at frequency rank #7,271, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌhøːɐ̯t]. angehörten is at rank #29,920, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌhøːɐ̯tn̩].
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 37191, this pair ranks #1,596,535 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of angehört vs angehörten
Shared letters: aeghnrtö. Private to "angehört": -. Private to "angehörten": -.
"angehört" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "angehörten" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "angehört" and "angehörten" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "angehört" or "angehörten" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "angehört" and "angehörten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "angehört" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angehörten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,596,535 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "angehört" and "angehörten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angeboren vs angehörten". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,596,535 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.