# gadget vs Gage

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### gadget
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #39,948*
(kleiner -e -es, innovativer -e -es) Apparat, Gerät, Vorrichtung

### Gage
*noun · IPA [ˈɡaːʒə] · frequency rank #27,312*
Vergütung, die Künstler erhalten

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/gadget-vs-gage