gehörenvsGeorgenWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: gehören is a verb, Georgen is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gehören” is a verb and “Georgen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#791
“gehören” frequency rank
#22,351
“Georgen” frequency rank
23142
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gehören Georgen
Definition etwas/jemand gehört jemandem: Eigentum von einer Person sein Dativ Plural des Substantivs Georg

Letter map: gehören vs Georgen

Shared letters muted; letters that set gehören and Georgen apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. gehören (CVCVCVC) and Georgen (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
gehören
7 ch
Georgen

Part-of-speech tell for gehören / Georgen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gehören is averb and Georgenanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23142, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gehören is recorded at frequency rank #791, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈhøːʁən]. Georgen is at rank #22,351, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 23142, this pair ranks #1,865,247 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gehören vs Georgen

Shared letters: egnr. Private to "gehören": . Private to "Georgen": o.

"gehören" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "Georgen" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Georgenegorgen · geogren · georegn · georgenn · georggen · georgne · georrgen · gerogen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gehören" and "Georgen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gehören" is a verb and "Georgen" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gehören" or "Georgen"?
"gehören" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #791 in our German list, against #22,351 for "Georgen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "gehören" and "Georgen".

  • Full dictionary entry for "gehören" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Georgen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,865,247 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gehören" and "Georgen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Georgen vs puzzles". 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 #1,865,247 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list