gehörtvsgesorgtWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“gehört” and “gesorgt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#317
“gehört” frequency rank
#5,598
“gesorgt” frequency rank
5915
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gehört gesorgt
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hören Partizip Perfekt des Verbs sorgen

Where the eye mixes gehört and gesorgt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
gehört
7 ch
gesorgt

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. gehört ([ɡəˈhøːɐ̯t]) and gesorgt ([ɡəˈzɔʁkt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gehört is recorded at frequency rank #317, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯t]. gesorgt is at rank #5,598, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈzɔʁkt].

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 5915, this pair ranks #1,993,315 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gehört vs gesorgt

Shared letters: egrt. Private to "gehört": . Private to "gesorgt": os.

"gehört" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "gesorgt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gesorgtegsorgt · geosrgt · gesogrt · gesorggt · gesorgtt · gesorrgt · gesortg · gesrogt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gehört" and "gesorgt" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ɡəˈhøːɐ̯t] versus [ɡəˈzɔʁkt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "gehört" or "gesorgt"?
"gehört" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #317 in our German list, against #5,598 for "gesorgt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "gehört" and "gesorgt". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gehört" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gesorgt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,993,315 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gehört" and "gesorgt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gesaugt vs gesorgt". 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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list