Which to use
“erhört” is a verb and “esport” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,748
- “erhört” frequency rank
- #41,148
- “esport” frequency rank
- 76896
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | erhört | esport |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erhören | der Sport, die Sportart |
Where the eye mixes erhört and esport
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. erhört and esport follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses erhört with esport
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: erhört is [ɛɐ̯ˈhøːɐ̯t] while esport is [əsˈpɔrt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76896, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
erhört is recorded at frequency rank #35,748, classified as averb, pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈhøːɐ̯t]. esport is at rank #41,148, tagged as anoun, pronounced [əsˈpɔrt].
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 76896, this pair ranks #273,210 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of erhört vs esport
Shared letters: ert. Private to "erhört": hö. Private to "esport": ops.
"erhört" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "esport" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- esport ← epsort · esoprt · esporrt · esportt · espotr · espport · esprot · essport
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "erhört" and "esport" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "erhört" or "esport" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "erhört" and "esport" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "erhört" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "esport" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,210 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "erhört" and "esport" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empörte vs esport". 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 #273,210 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.