Which to use
“gemocht” is a verb and “Gerücht” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,270
- “gemocht” frequency rank
- #9,031
- “Gerücht” frequency rank
- 30301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gemocht | Gerücht |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs mögen | eine Nachricht, die mündlich verbreitet wird und deren Wahrheitsgehalt zweifelhaft ist |
Where the eye mixes gemocht and Gerücht
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gemocht and Gerücht follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: gemocht vs Gerücht
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gemocht is [ɡəˈmɔxt] while Gerücht is [ɡəˈʁʏçt]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gemocht is recorded at frequency rank #21,270, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈmɔxt]. Gerücht is at rank #9,031, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈʁʏçt].
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 30301, this pair ranks #1,750,548 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gemocht vs Gerücht
Shared letters: ceght. Private to "gemocht": mo. Private to "Gerücht": rü.
"gemocht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "Gerücht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gemocht ← egmocht · gemcoht · gemmocht · gemoccht · gemochht · gemochtt · gemocth · gemohct
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gemocht" and "Gerücht" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "gemocht" vs "Gerücht" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gemocht" and "Gerücht" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gemocht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Gerücht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,750,548 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gemocht" and "Gerücht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gemäht vs gemocht". 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 #1,750,548 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.