Which to use
“gehofft” and “gehört” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,209
- “gehofft” frequency rank
- #317
- “gehört” frequency rank
- 8526
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gehofft | gehört |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hoffen | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hören |
Where the eye mixes gehofft and gehört
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. gehofft runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against gehört's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses gehofft with gehört
A purely visual mix-up. gehofft ([ɡəˈhɔft]) and gehört ([ɡəˈhøːɐ̯t]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gehofft is recorded at frequency rank #8,209, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈhɔft]. 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 8526, this pair ranks #1,983,933 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gehofft vs gehört
Shared letters: eght. Private to "gehofft": fo. Private to "gehört": rö.
"gehofft" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "gehört" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gehofft ← eghofft · gehfoft · gehhofft · gehofftt · gehoft · gehoftf · geohfft · ggehofft
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gehofft" for "gehört" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "gehofft" or "gehört" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gehofft" and "gehört" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gehofft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gehört" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,983,933 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gehofft" and "gehört" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gehofft vs gerafft". 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 #1,983,933 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.