Which to use
“Gemäldes” is a noun and “gemalte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,909
- “Gemäldes” frequency rank
- #40,556
- “gemalte” frequency rank
- 84465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gemäldes | gemalte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gemälde | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gemalt |
Where the eye mixes Gemäldes and gemalte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gemäldes is [ɡəˈmɛːldəs] 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gemäldes is recorded at frequency rank #43,909, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈmɛːldəs]. 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 84465, this pair ranks #123,371 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Gemäldes vs gemalte
Shared letters: eglm. Private to "Gemäldes": dsä. Private to "gemalte": at.
"Gemäldes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "gemalte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- gemalte ← egmalte · geamlte · gemalet · gemallte · gemaltte · gematle · gemlate · gemmalte