Which to use
“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.
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?
In ordinary German text, does "hingehören" or "hingehört" show up more?
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.