Which to use
“geworden” is a verb and “gewordenen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #519
- “geworden” frequency rank
- #11,889
- “gewordenen” frequency rank
- 12408
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | geworden | gewordenen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs werden (als Vollverb) | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geworden |
Where the eye mixes geworden and gewordenen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. geworden runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against gewordenen's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses geworden with gewordenen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: geworden is [ɡəˈvɔʁdn̩] while gewordenen is [ɡəˈvɔʁdənən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “geworden” sits inside “gewordenen”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
geworden is recorded at frequency rank #519, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈvɔʁdn̩]. gewordenen is at rank #11,889, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈvɔʁdənən].
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 12408, this pair ranks #1,964,372 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of geworden vs gewordenen
Shared letters: degnorw. Private to "geworden": -. Private to "gewordenen": -.
"geworden" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "gewordenen" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- geworden ← egworden · geowrden · gewodren · gewordden · gewordenn · gewordne · geworedn · geworrden
- gewordenen ← egwordenen · geowrdenen · gewodrenen · geworddenen · gewordeenn · gewordenenn · gewordenne · gewordennen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "geworden" and "gewordenen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "geworden" or "gewordenen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "geworden" and "gewordenen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "geworden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gewordenen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,964,372 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "geworden" and "gewordenen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geworden vs Gewürzen". 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 #1,964,372 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.