gemachtervsgepachtetWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: gemachter is a adjective, gepachtet is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gemachter” is an adjective and “gepachtet” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,207
“gemachter” frequency rank
#38,133
“gepachtet” frequency rank
81340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gemachter gepachtet
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gemacht Partizip Perfekt des Verbs pachten

Where the eye mixes gemachter and gepachtet

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

9 ch
gemachter
9 ch
gepachtet

Why the eye confuses gemachter with gepachtet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gemachter is [ɡəˈmaxtɐ] while gepachtet is [ɡəˈpaxtət]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gemachter is recorded at frequency rank #43,207, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈmaxtɐ]. gepachtet is at rank #38,133, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈpaxtət].

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 81340, this pair ranks #177,687 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of gemachter vs gepachtet

Shared letters: aceght. Private to "gemachter": mr. Private to "gepachtet": p.

"gemachter" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC  ·  "gepachtet" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gemachteregmachter · geamchter · gemacchter · gemachetr · gemachhter · gemachterr · gemachtre · gemachtter
  • gepachtetegpachtet · geapchtet · gepacchtet · gepachett · gepachhtet · gepachtett · gepachtte · gepachttet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gemachter" and "gepachtet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gemachter" is an adjective and "gepachtet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gemachter" or "gepachtet"?
"gepachtet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,133 in our German list, against #43,207 for "gemachter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "gemachter" and "gepachtet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gemachter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gepachtet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #177,687 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gemachter" and "gepachtet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geächtet vs gemachter". 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 #177,687 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