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

#14,305
“gewohnten” frequency rank
#36,961
“gewohnter” frequency rank
51266
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gewohnten gewohnter
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewohnt Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewohnt

Where the eye mixes gewohnten and gewohnter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. gewohnten and gewohnter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
gewohnten
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gewohnter

Visual trap between gewohnten and gewohnter

A purely visual mix-up. gewohnten ([ɡəˈvoːntn̩]) 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 a single letter - n in “gewohnten” becomes r in “gewohnter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gewohnten is recorded at frequency rank #14,305, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈvoːntn̩]. 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 51266, this pair ranks #1,142,028 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gewohnten vs gewohnter

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

"gewohnten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC  ·  "gewohnter" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gewohnten ← egwohnten · geowhnten · gewhonten · gewohhnten · gewohnetn · gewohnnten · gewohntenn · gewohntne
  • gewohnter ← egwohnter · geowhnter · gewhonter · gewohhnter · gewohnetr · gewohnnter · gewohnterr · gewohntre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gewohnten" for "gewohnter" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ɡəˈvoːntn̩] versus [ɡəˈvoːntɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "gewohnten" or "gewohnter"?
"gewohnten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,305 in our German list, against #36,961 for "gewohnter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gewohnten" 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 #1,142,028 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gewohnten" 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 #1,142,028 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