gesinntvsGewinnTell them apart

Quick tell: gesinnt is a adjective, Gewinn is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gesinnt” is an adjective and “Gewinn” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,980
“gesinnt” frequency rank
#1,967
“Gewinn” frequency rank
47947
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gesinnt Gewinn
Definition in einer bestimmten Art gegenüber stehend oder eingestellt Nutzen oder Vorteil, der aus einem Ereignis erzielt wird

Where the eye mixes gesinnt and Gewinn

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gesinnt runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against Gewinn's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
gesinnt
6 ch
Gewinn

Look-alike desk: gesinnt vs Gewinn

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gesinnt is [ɡəˈzɪnt] while Gewinn is [ɡəˈvɪn]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47947, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gesinnt is recorded at frequency rank #45,980, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈzɪnt]. Gewinn is at rank #1,967, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈvɪn].

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 47947, this pair ranks #1,266,237 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gesinnt vs Gewinn

Shared letters: egin. Private to "gesinnt": st. Private to "Gewinn": w.

"gesinnt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "Gewinn" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gesinntegsinnt · geisnnt · gesinntt · gesint · gesintn · gesnint · gessinnt · ggesinnt
  • Gewinnegwinn · geiwnn · gewin · gewnin · gewwinn · ggewinn · gweinn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gesinnt" and "Gewinn" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gesinnt" is an adjective and "Gewinn" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gesinnt" or "Gewinn"?
"Gewinn" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,967 in our German list, against #45,980 for "gesinnt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gesinnt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Gewinn" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,266,237 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gesinnt" and "Gewinn" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gesinnt vs gesinnten". 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 #1,266,237 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