earthvsgeraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: earth is a noun, gera is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“earth” is a noun and “gera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,785
“earth” frequency rank
#12,085
“gera” frequency rank
26870
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature earth gera
Definition Erde, Erdball, Welt tun

Letter map: earth vs gera

Shared letters muted; letters that set earth and gera apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. earth runs 5 letters (VVCCC) against gera's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
earth
4 ch
gera

Part-of-speech tell for earth / gera

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: earth is anoun and geraaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

earth is recorded at frequency rank #14,785, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. gera is at rank #12,085, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 26870, this pair ranks #1,811,086 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of earth vs gera

Shared letters: aer. Private to "earth": ht. Private to "gera": g.

"earth" · 5 letters · shape VVCCC  ·  "gera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • earthaerth · earht · earrth · earthh · eartth · eatrh · erath
  • geraegra · gerra · ggera · grea

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "earth" and "gera" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "earth" is a noun and "gera" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "earth" or "gera"?
"gera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,085 in our German list, against #14,785 for "earth". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "earth" vs "gera" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "earth" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,811,086 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "earth" and "gera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "earth vs puzzles". 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 #1,811,086 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