Which to use
“gehört” is a verb and “gehörten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #317
- “gehört” frequency rank
- #4,989
- “gehörten” frequency rank
- 5306
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gehört | gehörten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hören | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gehört |
Where the eye mixes gehört and gehörten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gehört is [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯t] while gehörten is [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯tn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “gehört” sits inside “gehörten”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5306, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gehört is recorded at frequency rank #317, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯t]. 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 5306, this pair ranks #1,995,182 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gehört vs gehörten
Shared letters: eghrtö. Private to "gehört": -. Private to "gehörten": n.
"gehört" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "gehörten" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC