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

#46,031
“hingehören” frequency rank
#28,246
“hingehört” frequency rank
74277
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hingehören hingehört
Definition seinen (normalen, richtigen, angestammten, früheren, passenden) Platz haben Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hinhören

Where the eye mixes hingehören and hingehört

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
hingehören
9 ch
hingehört

Why the eye confuses hingehören with hingehört

A purely visual mix-up. hingehören ([ˈhɪnɡəˌhøːʁən]) and hingehört ([ˈhɪnɡəˌhøːɐ̯t]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74277, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hingehören is recorded at frequency rank #46,031, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhɪnɡəˌhøːʁən]. hingehört is at rank #28,246, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈhɪnɡəˌhøːɐ̯t].

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 74277, this pair ranks #337,705 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hingehören vs hingehört

Shared letters: eghinrö. Private to "hingehören": -. Private to "hingehört": t.

"hingehören" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "hingehört" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hingehören" and "hingehört" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈhɪnɡəˌhøːʁən] versus [ˈhɪnɡəˌhøːɐ̯t]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "hingehören" or "hingehört" show up more?
"hingehört" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,246 in our German list, against #46,031 for "hingehören". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hingehören" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hingehört" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #337,705 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hingehören" and "hingehört" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hingehören vs hingezogen". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #337,705 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