gehörtevsgelobteTell them apart

Which to use

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

#2,826
“gehörte” frequency rank
#32,553
“gelobte” frequency rank
35379
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gehörte gelobte
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gehört Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs gelobt

Where the eye mixes gehörte and gelobte

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

7 ch
gehörte
7 ch
gelobte

Why the eye confuses gehörte with gelobte

A purely visual mix-up. gehörte ([ɡəˈhøːɐ̯tə]) and gelobte ([ɡəˈloːptə]) 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 35379, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gehörte is recorded at frequency rank #2,826, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯tə]. gelobte is at rank #32,553, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈloːptə].

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 35379, this pair ranks #1,641,406 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gehörte vs gelobte

Shared letters: egt. Private to "gehörte": hrö. Private to "gelobte": blo.

"gehörte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "gelobte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gelobteeglobte · gelbote · gellobte · gelobbte · gelobet · gelobtte · gelotbe · geolbte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gehörte" and "gelobte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɡəˈhøːɐ̯tə] versus [ɡəˈloːptə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "gehörte" or "gelobte" show up more?
"gehörte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,826 in our German list, against #32,553 for "gelobte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gehörte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gelobte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,641,406 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gehörte" and "gelobte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gelobte 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 #1,641,406 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