Which to use
“Gehalt” is a noun and “gehört” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,376
- “Gehalt” frequency rank
- #317
- “gehört” frequency rank
- 3693
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gehalt | gehört |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Menge einer bestimmten Substanz in einem Gemisch | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hören |
Where the eye mixes Gehalt and gehört
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gehalt is [ɡəˈhalt] while gehört is [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯t]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gehalt is recorded at frequency rank #3,376, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈhalt]. gehört is at rank #317, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯t].
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 3693, this pair ranks #1,999,613 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Gehalt vs gehört
Shared letters: eght. Private to "Gehalt": al. Private to "gehört": rö.
"Gehalt" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "gehört" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Gehalt ← eghalt · geahlt · gehallt · gehaltt · gehatl · gehhalt · gehlat · ggehalt