GEMAvsgesätConfusable pair

Quick tell: GEMA is a abbrev, gesät is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“GEMA” is an abbrev and “gesät” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,161
“GEMA” frequency rank
#34,127
“gesät” frequency rank
50288
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature GEMA gesät
Definition Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte Partizip Perfekt des Verbs säen

Where the eye mixes GEMA and gesät

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. GEMA runs 4 letters (CVCV) against gesät's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
GEMA
5 ch
gesät

Visual trap between GEMA and gesät

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: GEMA is [ˈɡeːma] while gesät is [ɡəˈzɛːt]. 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 (abbrev vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50288, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

GEMA is recorded at frequency rank #16,161, classified as anabbrev, pronounced [ˈɡeːma]. gesät is at rank #34,127, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈzɛːt].

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 50288, this pair ranks #1,179,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of GEMA vs gesät

Shared letters: eg. Private to "GEMA": am. Private to "gesät": stä.

"GEMA" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "gesät" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • GEMA ← egma · geam · ggema · gmea

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "GEMA" and "gesät" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "GEMA" is an abbrev and "gesät" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "GEMA" vs "gesät" - which ranks higher?
"GEMA" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,161 in our German list, against #34,127 for "gesät". 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 "GEMA" and "gesät" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "GEMA" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gesät" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,179,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "GEMA" and "gesät" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gemäht vs gesät". 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 #1,179,360 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