abgemachtvsangemachtWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: abgemacht is a adjective, angemacht is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“abgemacht” is an adjective and “angemacht” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,936
“abgemacht” frequency rank
#18,801
“angemacht” frequency rank
56737
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abgemacht angemacht
Definition verwendet, um auszudrücken, dass man einen Vorschlag akzeptiert Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anmachen

Where the eye mixes abgemacht and angemacht

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. abgemacht and angemacht follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
abgemacht
9 ch
angemacht

Look-alike desk: abgemacht vs angemacht

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abgemacht is [ˈapɡəˌmaxt] while angemacht is [ˈanɡəˌmaxt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - b in “abgemacht” becomes n in “angemacht”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56737, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abgemacht is recorded at frequency rank #37,936, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈapɡəˌmaxt]. angemacht is at rank #18,801, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌmaxt].

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 56737, this pair ranks #928,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of abgemacht vs angemacht

Shared letters: aceghmt. Private to "abgemacht": b. Private to "angemacht": n.

"abgemacht" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC  ·  "angemacht" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abgemacht ← abbgemacht · abegmacht · abgeamcht · abgemaccht · abgemachht · abgemachtt · abgemacth · abgemahct
  • angemacht ← agnemacht · anegmacht · angeamcht · angemaccht · angemachht · angemachtt · angemacth · angemahct

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "abgemacht" and "angemacht" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "abgemacht" is an adjective and "angemacht" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "abgemacht" vs "angemacht" - which ranks higher?
"angemacht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,801 in our German list, against #37,936 for "abgemacht". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "abgemacht" and "angemacht" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "abgemacht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angemacht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #928,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abgemacht" and "angemacht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abgemacht vs abgetaucht". 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 #928,593 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