hingehörtvshingehtTell them apart

Which to use

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

#28,246
“hingehört” frequency rank
#22,763
“hingeht” frequency rank
51009
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hingehört hingeht
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hinhören 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs hingehen

Where the eye mixes hingehört and hingeht

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
hingehört
7 ch
hingeht

Visual trap between hingehört and hingeht

A purely visual mix-up. hingehört ([ˈhɪnɡəˌhøːɐ̯t]) and hingeht ([ˈhɪnˌɡeːt]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51009, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hingehört is recorded at frequency rank #28,246, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhɪnɡəˌhøːɐ̯t]. hingeht is at rank #22,763, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈhɪnˌɡeːt].

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 51009, this pair ranks #1,151,996 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hingehört vs hingeht

Shared letters: eghint. Private to "hingehört": . Private to "hingeht": -.

"hingehört" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC  ·  "hingeht" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hingehthhingeht · higneht · hineght · hingehht · hingehtt · hingeth · hinggeht · hinghet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hingehört" for "hingeht" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈhɪnɡəˌhøːɐ̯t] versus [ˈhɪnˌɡeːt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "hingehört" or "hingeht"?
"hingeht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,763 in our German list, against #28,246 for "hingehört". 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 "hingehört" and "hingeht" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hingehört" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hingeht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,151,996 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hingehört" and "hingeht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hingehören vs hingehört". 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 #1,151,996 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