hörte vs Hürth, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“hörte” is a verb and “Hürth” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,195
“hörte” frequency rank: #38,191
“Hürth” frequency rank: 41386
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	hörte	Hürth
Definition	1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs hören	eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Letter map: hörte vs Hürth

Shared letters muted; letters that set hörte and Hürth apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

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hörte

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Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hörte is averb and Hürthaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41386, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hörte is recorded at frequency rank #3,195, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhøːɐ̯tə]. Hürth is at rank #38,191, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 41386, this pair ranks #1,481,004 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hörte vs Hürth

Shared letters: hrt. Private to "hörte": eö. Private to "Hürth": ü.

"hörte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Hürth" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hörte" and "Hürth" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hörte" is a verb and "Hürth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "hörte" or "Hürth"?

"hörte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,195 in our German list, against #38,191 for "Hürth". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "hörte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Hürth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,481,004 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"hörte" and "Hürth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hürth vs puzzles". Nearby pair

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