gewohntvsgewohnterWhich spelling fits?

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

#3,254
“gewohnt” frequency rank
#36,961
“gewohnter” frequency rank
40215
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gewohnt gewohnter
Definition so, wie man es kennt; so, dass man es nicht anders kennt Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewohnt

Where the eye mixes gewohnt and gewohnter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. gewohnt runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against gewohnter's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
gewohnt
9 ch
gewohnter

Look-alike desk: gewohnt vs gewohnter

A purely visual mix-up. gewohnt ([ɡəˈvoːnt]) and gewohnter ([ɡəˈvoːntɐ]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “gewohnt” sits inside “gewohnter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40215, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gewohnt is recorded at frequency rank #3,254, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈvoːnt]. gewohnter is at rank #36,961, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈvoːntɐ].

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 40215, this pair ranks #1,514,876 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gewohnt vs gewohnter

Shared letters: eghnotw. Private to "gewohnt": -. Private to "gewohnter": r.

"gewohnt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "gewohnter" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gewohnt ← egwohnt · geowhnt · gewhont · gewohhnt · gewohnnt · gewohntt · gewohtn · gewonht
  • gewohnter ← egwohnter · geowhnter · gewhonter · gewohhnter · gewohnetr · gewohnnter · gewohnterr · gewohntre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gewohnt" and "gewohnter" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ɡəˈvoːnt] versus [ɡəˈvoːntɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "gewohnt" vs "gewohnter" - which ranks higher?
"gewohnt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,254 in our German list, against #36,961 for "gewohnter". 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 "gewohnt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gewohnter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,514,876 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gewohnt" and "gewohnter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gewählter vs gewohnter". 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 #1,514,876 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