gezogenvsgezogeneWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: gezogen is a verb, gezogene is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gezogen” is a verb and “gezogene” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,732
“gezogen” frequency rank
#32,567
“gezogene” frequency rank
34299
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gezogen gezogene
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs ziehen Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gezogen

Where the eye mixes gezogen and gezogene

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. gezogen runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against gezogene's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
gezogen
8 ch
gezogene

Visual trap between gezogen and gezogene

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gezogen is [ɡəˈt͡soːɡn̩] while gezogene is [ɡəˈt͡soːɡənə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “gezogen” sits inside “gezogene”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gezogen is recorded at frequency rank #1,732, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈt͡soːɡn̩]. gezogene is at rank #32,567, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈt͡soːɡənə].

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 34299, this pair ranks #1,666,477 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gezogen vs gezogene

Shared letters: egnoz. Private to "gezogen": -. Private to "gezogene": -.

"gezogen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "gezogene" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gezogenegzogen · geozgen · gezgoen · gezoegn · gezogenn · gezoggen · gezogne · gezzogen
  • gezogeneegzogene · geozgene · gezgoene · gezoegne · gezogeen · gezoggene · gezognee · gezzogene

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gezogen" and "gezogene" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gezogen" is a verb and "gezogene" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "gezogen" or "gezogene" show up more?
"gezogen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,732 in our German list, against #32,567 for "gezogene". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gezogen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gezogene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,666,477 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gezogen" and "gezogene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gebotene vs gezogene". 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 #1,666,477 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