gemeldetvsgemeldeteTell them apart

Quick tell: gemeldet is a verb, gemeldete is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#3,448
“gemeldet” frequency rank
#43,908
“gemeldete” frequency rank
47356
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gemeldet gemeldete
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs melden Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gemeldet

Where the eye mixes gemeldet and gemeldete

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. gemeldet runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against gemeldete's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
gemeldet
9 ch
gemeldete

Why the eye confuses gemeldet with gemeldete

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gemeldet is [ɡəˈmɛldət] while gemeldete is [ɡəˈmɛldətə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “gemeldet” sits inside “gemeldete”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gemeldet is recorded at frequency rank #3,448, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈmɛldət]. gemeldete is at rank #43,908, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈmɛldətə].

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 47356, this pair ranks #1,287,136 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gemeldet vs gemeldete

Shared letters: deglmt. Private to "gemeldet": -. Private to "gemeldete": -.

"gemeldet" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "gemeldete" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gemeldetegmeldet · geemldet · gemedlet · gemelddet · gemeldett · gemeldte · gemeledt · gemelldet
  • gemeldeteegmeldete · geemldete · gemedlete · gemelddete · gemeldeet · gemeldette · gemeldtee · gemeledte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gemeldet" and "gemeldete" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gemeldet" is a verb and "gemeldete" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "gemeldet" or "gemeldete" show up more?
"gemeldet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,448 in our German list, against #43,908 for "gemeldete". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gemeldet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gemeldete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,287,136 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gemeldet" and "gemeldete" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gemeldete vs gemeldeten". 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 #1,287,136 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