GedichtvsgemischtWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Gedicht is a noun, gemischt is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Gedicht” is a noun and “gemischt” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,709
“Gedicht” frequency rank
#8,870
“gemischt” frequency rank
14579
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Gedicht gemischt
Definition lyrisches sprachliches Kunstwerk, das meist schriftlich und in Strophen- und Versform vorliegt aus verschiedenen Elementen bestehend, verschiedene Bestandteile enthaltend

Where the eye mixes Gedicht and gemischt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
Gedicht
8 ch
gemischt

Look-alike desk: Gedicht vs gemischt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gedicht is [ɡəˈdɪçt] while gemischt is [ɡəˈmɪʃt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gedicht is recorded at frequency rank #5,709, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈdɪçt]. gemischt is at rank #8,870, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈmɪʃt].

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 14579, this pair ranks #1,950,227 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Gedicht vs gemischt

Shared letters: ceghit. Private to "Gedicht": d. Private to "gemischt": ms.

"Gedicht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "gemischt" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Gedichtegdicht · gdeicht · gedciht · geddicht · gediccht · gedichht · gedichtt · gedicth
  • gemischtegmischt · geimscht · gemicsht · gemisccht · gemischht · gemischtt · gemiscth · gemishct

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Gedicht" and "gemischt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Gedicht" is a noun and "gemischt" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Gedicht" or "gemischt" show up more?
"Gedicht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,709 in our German list, against #8,870 for "gemischt". 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 "Gedicht" and "gemischt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Gedicht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gemischt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,950,227 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Gedicht" and "gemischt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gemischt vs gewischt". 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 #1,950,227 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