gemobbtvsgewölbtWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#22,350
“gemobbt” frequency rank
#45,988
“gewölbt” frequency rank
68338
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gemobbt gewölbt
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs mobben mit einem Gewölbe versehen

Where the eye mixes gemobbt and gewölbt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. gemobbt and gewölbt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
gemobbt
7 ch
gewölbt

Visual trap between gemobbt and gewölbt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gemobbt is [ɡəˈmɔpt] while gewölbt is [ɡəˈvœlpt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gemobbt is recorded at frequency rank #22,350, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈmɔpt]. gewölbt is at rank #45,988, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈvœlpt].

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 68338, this pair ranks #511,002 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of gemobbt vs gewölbt

Shared letters: begt. Private to "gemobbt": mo. Private to "gewölbt": lwö.

"gemobbt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "gewölbt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gemobbt ← egmobbt · gembobt · gemmobbt · gemobbtt · gemobt · gemobtb · geombbt · ggemobbt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gemobbt" and "gewölbt" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gemobbt" is a verb and "gewölbt" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "gemobbt" or "gewölbt" show up more?
"gemobbt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,350 in our German list, against #45,988 for "gewölbt". 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 "gemobbt" and "gewölbt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gemobbt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gewölbt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #511,002 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gemobbt" and "gewölbt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gewölbt vs gewollte". 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 #511,002 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