Which to use
“Gehör” is a noun and “gehört” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,201
- “Gehör” frequency rank
- #317
- “gehört” frequency rank
- 9518
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gehör | gehört |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | allgemein Beachtung, Zuhören, „Gehör verschaffen“ | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hören |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set Gehör and gehört 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 gehört is [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯t]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Gehör” sits inside “gehört”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9518, 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]. 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 9518, this pair ranks #1,979,573 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Gehör vs gehört
Shared letters: eghrö. Private to "Gehör": -. Private to "gehört": t.
"Gehör" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "gehört" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC