Which to use
“gehörte” is an adjective and “geortet” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,826
- “gehörte” frequency rank
- #48,926
- “geortet” frequency rank
- 51752
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gehörte | geortet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gehört | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs orten |
Where the eye mixes gehörte and geortet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gehörte (CVCVCCV) and geortet (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between gehörte and geortet
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gehörte is [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯tə] while geortet is [ɡəˈʔɔʁtət]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51752, 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]. geortet is at rank #48,926, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈʔɔʁtət].
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 51752, this pair ranks #1,123,365 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gehörte vs geortet
Shared letters: egrt. Private to "gehörte": hö. Private to "geortet": o.
"gehörte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "geortet" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- geortet ← egortet · georett · georrtet · geortett · geortte · georttet · geotret · gerotet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gehörte" for "geortet" ever safe?
Which is more common, "gehörte" or "geortet"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gehörte" and "geortet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gehörte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "geortet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,123,365 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gehörte" and "geortet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geordert vs geortet". 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 #1,123,365 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.