Gehalt vs gemäht, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#3,376
“Gehalt” frequency rank: #47,435
“gemäht” frequency rank: 50811
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Gehalt	gemäht
Definition	Menge einer bestimmten Substanz in einem Gemisch	Partizip Perfekt des Verbs mähen

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set Gehalt and gemäht apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

Gehalt

6 ch

gemäht

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gehalt is [ɡəˈhalt] while gemäht is [ɡəˈmɛːt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gehalt is recorded at frequency rank #3,376, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈhalt]. gemäht is at rank #47,435, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈmɛːt].

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 50811, this pair ranks #1,159,537 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Gehalt vs gemäht

Shared letters: eght. Private to "Gehalt": al. Private to "gemäht": mä.

"Gehalt" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "gemäht" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

Gehalt ← eghalt · geahlt · gehallt · gehaltt · gehatl · gehhalt · gehlat · ggehalt

Frequency comparison

Gehalt#3,376

gemäht#47,435

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Gehalt" and "gemäht" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Gehalt" is a noun and "gemäht" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "Gehalt" or "gemäht"?

"Gehalt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,376 in our German list, against #47,435 for "gemäht". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering Gehalt vs gemäht

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “Gehalt”; for a verb, it's “gemäht”.
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