Which to use
“gegessen” is a verb and “gemessene” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,122
- “gegessen” frequency rank
- #34,121
- “gemessene” frequency rank
- 37243
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gegessen | gemessene |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs essen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gemessen |
Where the eye mixes gegessen and gemessene
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. gegessen runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against gemessene's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between gegessen and gemessene
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gegessen is [ɡəˈɡɛsn̩] while gemessene is [ɡəˈmɛsənə]. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gegessen is recorded at frequency rank #3,122, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈɡɛsn̩]. gemessene is at rank #34,121, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈmɛsənə].
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 37243, this pair ranks #1,595,218 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gegessen vs gemessene
Shared letters: egns. Private to "gegessen": -. Private to "gemessene": m.
"gegessen" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "gemessene" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gegessen" and "gemessene" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "gegessen" or "gemessene" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "gegessen" and "gemessene" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gegessen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gemessene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,595,218 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gegessen" and "gemessene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gemessene vs gemessenen". 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 #1,595,218 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.