Which to use
“gehauen” is a verb and “genauen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,907
- “gehauen” frequency rank
- #6,068
- “genauen” frequency rank
- 23975
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gehauen | genauen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hauen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs genau |
Where the eye mixes gehauen and genauen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. gehauen and genauen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: gehauen vs genauen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gehauen is [ɡəˈhaʊ̯ən] while genauen is [ɡəˈnaʊ̯ən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - h in “gehauen” becomes n in “genauen”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gehauen is recorded at frequency rank #17,907, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈhaʊ̯ən]. genauen is at rank #6,068, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈnaʊ̯ən].
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 23975, this pair ranks #1,854,010 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gehauen vs genauen
Shared letters: aegnu. Private to "gehauen": h. Private to "genauen": -.
"gehauen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC · "genauen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gehauen" for "genauen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "gehauen" or "genauen" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "gehauen" and "genauen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gehauen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "genauen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,854,010 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gehauen" and "genauen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gehauen vs Gehäuses". 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 #1,854,010 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.