Which to use
“Gehör” is a noun and “gehöre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,201
- “Gehör” frequency rank
- #6,066
- “gehöre” frequency rank
- 15267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gehör | gehöre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | allgemein Beachtung, Zuhören, „Gehör verschaffen“ | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gehören |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set Gehör and gehöre apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gehör is [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯] while gehöre is [ɡəˈhøːʁə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Gehör” sits inside “gehöre”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15267, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gehör is recorded at frequency rank #9,201, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯]. gehöre is at rank #6,066, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈhøːʁə].
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 15267, this pair ranks #1,945,179 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Gehör vs gehöre
Shared letters: eghrö. Private to "Gehör": -. Private to "gehöre": -.
"Gehör" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "gehöre" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV