gehörtenvsGeorgenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: gehörten is a adjective, Georgen is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gehörten” is an adjective and “Georgen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,989
“gehörten” frequency rank
#22,351
“Georgen” frequency rank
27340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gehörten Georgen
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gehört Dativ Plural des Substantivs Georg

Letter map: gehörten vs Georgen

Shared letters muted; letters that set gehörten and Georgen apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. gehörten runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against Georgen's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
gehörten
7 ch
Georgen

Role in the sentence - gehörten and Georgen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gehörten is anadjective and Georgenanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gehörten is recorded at frequency rank #4,989, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯tn̩]. Georgen is at rank #22,351, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 27340, this pair ranks #1,803,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gehörten vs Georgen

Shared letters: egnr. Private to "gehörten": htö. Private to "Georgen": o.

"gehörten" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "Georgen" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Georgen ← egorgen · geogren · georegn · georgenn · georggen · georgne · georrgen · gerogen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gehörten" for "Georgen" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gehörten" is an adjective and "Georgen" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "gehörten" vs "Georgen" - which ranks higher?
"gehörten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,989 in our German list, against #22,351 for "Georgen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "gehörten" and "Georgen".

  • Full dictionary entry for "gehörten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Georgen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,803,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gehörten" and "Georgen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Georgen vs puzzles". 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 #1,803,360 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