gewährtevsgewohnteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#17,014
“gewährte” frequency rank
#28,222
“gewohnte” frequency rank
45236
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gewährte gewohnte
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs gewährt Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewohnt

Where the eye mixes gewährte and gewohnte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. gewährte and gewohnte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
gewährte
8 ch
gewohnte

Visual trap between gewährte and gewohnte

A purely visual mix-up. gewährte ([ɡəˈvɛːɐ̯tə]) and gewohnte ([ɡəˈvoːntə]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gewährte is recorded at frequency rank #17,014, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈvɛːɐ̯tə]. gewohnte is at rank #28,222, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈvoːntə].

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 45236, this pair ranks #1,359,911 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gewährte vs gewohnte

Shared letters: eghtw. Private to "gewährte": rä. Private to "gewohnte": no.

"gewährte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV  ·  "gewohnte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gewohnte ← egwohnte · geowhnte · gewhonte · gewohhnte · gewohnet · gewohnnte · gewohntte · gewohtne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gewährte" for "gewohnte" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ɡəˈvɛːɐ̯tə] versus [ɡəˈvoːntə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "gewährte" vs "gewohnte" - which ranks higher?
"gewährte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,014 in our German list, against #28,222 for "gewohnte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "gewährte" and "gewohnte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gewährte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gewohnte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,359,911 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gewährte" and "gewohnte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gewohnte vs gewollte". 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 #1,359,911 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