Which to use
“gemäht” is a verb and “gemalte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,435
- “gemäht” frequency rank
- #40,556
- “gemalte” frequency rank
- 87991
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gemäht | gemalte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs mähen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gemalt |
Where the eye mixes gemäht and gemalte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. gemäht runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against gemalte's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: gemäht vs gemalte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gemäht is [ɡəˈmɛːt] while gemalte is [ɡəˈmaːltə]. 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 87991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gemäht is recorded at frequency rank #47,435, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈmɛːt]. gemalte is at rank #40,556, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈmaːltə].
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 87991, this pair ranks #73,564 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gemäht vs gemalte
Shared letters: egmt. Private to "gemäht": hä. Private to "gemalte": al.
"gemäht" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "gemalte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- gemalte ← egmalte · geamlte · gemalet · gemallte · gemaltte · gematle · gemlate · gemmalte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gemäht" for "gemalte" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "gemäht" or "gemalte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gemäht" and "gemalte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gemäht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gemalte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,564 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gemäht" and "gemalte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gemäht vs gemixt". 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 #73,564 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.