angemachtvsAngesichtWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#18,801
“angemacht” frequency rank
#12,021
“Angesicht” frequency rank
30822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angemacht Angesicht
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anmachen menschliches Gesicht

Where the eye mixes angemacht and Angesicht

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. angemacht and Angesicht follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
angemacht
9 ch
Angesicht

Look-alike desk: angemacht vs Angesicht

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angemacht is [ˈanɡəˌmaxt] while Angesicht is [ˈanɡəˌzɪçt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angemacht is recorded at frequency rank #18,801, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌmaxt]. Angesicht is at rank #12,021, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌzɪçt].

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 30822, this pair ranks #1,740,395 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of angemacht vs Angesicht

Shared letters: aceghnt. Private to "angemacht": m. Private to "Angesicht": is.

"angemacht" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC  ·  "Angesicht" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angemacht ← agnemacht · anegmacht · angeamcht · angemaccht · angemachht · angemachtt · angemacth · angemahct
  • Angesicht ← agnesicht · anegsicht · angeischt · angesciht · angesiccht · angesichht · angesichtt · angesicth

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "angemacht" and "Angesicht" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "angemacht" is a verb and "Angesicht" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "angemacht" or "Angesicht" show up more?
"Angesicht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,021 in our German list, against #18,801 for "angemacht". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "angemacht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Angesicht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,740,395 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angemacht" and "Angesicht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angemacht vs angepackt". 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 #1,740,395 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