Which to use
“gehört” and “gelobt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #317
- “gehört” frequency rank
- #9,914
- “gelobt” frequency rank
- 10231
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gehört | gelobt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hören | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs loben |
Where the eye mixes gehört and gelobt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gehört and gelobt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: gehört vs gelobt
A purely visual mix-up. gehört ([ɡəˈhøːɐ̯t]) and gelobt ([ɡəˈloːpt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10231, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gehört is recorded at frequency rank #317, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯t]. gelobt is at rank #9,914, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈloːpt].
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 10231, this pair ranks #1,976,148 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gehört vs gelobt
Shared letters: egt. Private to "gehört": hrö. Private to "gelobt": blo.
"gehört" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "gelobt" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gelobt ← eglobt · gelbot · gellobt · gelobbt · gelobtt · gelotb · geolbt · ggelobt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gehört" and "gelobt" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "gehört" or "gelobt"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "gehört" and "gelobt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gehört" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gelobt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,976,148 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gehört" and "gelobt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gelobt 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 #1,976,148 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.