Which to use
“geholfen” is a verb and “gehörten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,765
- “geholfen” frequency rank
- #4,989
- “gehörten” frequency rank
- 7754
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | geholfen | gehörten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs helfen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gehört |
Where the eye mixes geholfen and gehörten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. geholfen and gehörten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: geholfen vs gehörten
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: geholfen is [ɡəˈhɔlfn̩] while gehörten is [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯tn̩]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7754, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
geholfen is recorded at frequency rank #2,765, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈhɔlfn̩]. gehörten is at rank #4,989, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯tn̩].
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 7754, this pair ranks #1,987,021 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of geholfen vs gehörten
Shared letters: eghn. Private to "geholfen": flo. Private to "gehörten": rtö.
"geholfen" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "gehörten" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- geholfen ← egholfen · gehholfen · gehlofen · gehoflen · geholefn · geholfenn · geholffen · geholfne
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "geholfen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gehörten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,987,021 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "geholfen" and "gehörten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gehörten vs gelobten". 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 #1,987,021 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.