gehorchen

[ɡəˈhɔʁçn̩]

/[ɡəˈhɔʁçn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“gehorchen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,586. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,586
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer Anweisung Folge leisten; einen Befehl ausführen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gehorchen · gehorchen · German

gehorchen · rank #19,586 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,586
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geahnt

Nearest frequency peer: geahnt (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „gehorchen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „gehorchen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gehorchen vs gehören
67% similar
gehorchen vs gehörten
67% similar
gehorchen vs gerochen
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gehorchen
PropertyValue
Headwordgehorchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈhɔʁçn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,586
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gehorchen“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).gehorchenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „geahnt“ (#19,585), „Gemeinen“ (#19,587), „ganzjährig“ (#19,584). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gehorchen“ bei #19,586. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around gehorchen (IPA [ɡəˈhɔʁçn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,586 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "einer Anweisung Folge leisten; einen Befehl ausführen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for gehorchen, with forms such as "eghorchen", "gehhorchen", and "gehocrhen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gehören", "gehörten", "gerochen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gehorchen, spelled G-E-H-O-R-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einer Anweisung Folge leisten; einen Befehl ausführen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gehorchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mein Junge ist so gut erzogen, dass er mir immer gehorcht.
  2. Junge, gehorche mir und räum dein Zimmer auf!

Synonyms

befolgenfügenkuschenparierenunterwerfen

Antonyms

widersetzenmissachten

This word in other languages

obey(English)obedecer(Español)obéir(Français)obedecer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eghorchen
  • gehhorchen
  • gehocrhen
  • gehorcchen
  • gehorcehn
  • gehorchenn
  • gehorchhen
  • gehorchne
  • gehorhcen
  • gehorrchen
  • gehrochen
  • geohrchen
  • ggehorchen
  • gheorchen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gehorchen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eghorchen2gehhorchen1gehocrhen2gehorcchen1gehorcehn2gehorchenn1gehorchhen1gehorchne2
Edit distance from "gehorchen"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gehorchen"?
"gehorchen" is spelled G-E-H-O-R-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhɔʁçn̩].
What does "gehorchen" mean?
As a verb, "gehorchen" means: einer Anweisung Folge leisten; einen Befehl ausführen
What words are commonly confused with "gehorchen"?
"gehorchen" is commonly confused with "gehören", "gehörten", "gerochen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gehorchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gehorchen" is [ɡəˈhɔʁçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gehorchen" come from?
"gehorchen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gehorchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Frühlings#19,582grandiose#19,593Folgezeit#19,577Fleischer#19,573

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

hinsetzen14 variantsHäuptling14 variantshölzernen14 variantsenthaltene14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list