gewonnenevsgewordeneWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#17,598
“gewonnene” frequency rank
#13,849
“gewordene” frequency rank
31447
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gewonnene gewordene
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewonnen Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geworden

Where the eye mixes gewonnene and gewordene

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. gewonnene and gewordene follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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gewonnene
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Visual trap between gewonnene and gewordene

A purely visual mix-up. gewonnene ([ɡəˈvɔnənə]) and gewordene ([ɡəˈvɔʁdənə]) 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 31447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gewonnene is recorded at frequency rank #17,598, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈvɔnənə]. gewordene is at rank #13,849, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈvɔʁdənə].

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 31447, this pair ranks #1,727,880 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gewonnene vs gewordene

Shared letters: egnow. Private to "gewonnene": -. Private to "gewordene": dr.

"gewonnene" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "gewordene" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gewonnene ← egwonnene · geownnene · gewnonene · gewonene · gewonenne · gewonneen · gewonnnee · gewwonnene
  • gewordene ← egwordene · geowrdene · gewodrene · geworddene · gewordeen · gewordnee · geworedne · geworrdene

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gewonnene" and "gewordene" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɡəˈvɔnənə] versus [ɡəˈvɔʁdənə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "gewonnene" or "gewordene"?
"gewordene" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,849 in our German list, against #17,598 for "gewonnene". 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 "gewonnene" and "gewordene" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gewonnene" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gewordene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,727,880 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gewonnene" and "gewordene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geworben vs gewordene". 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 #1,727,880 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