Which to use
“Gans” is a noun and “ganze” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,997
- “Gans” frequency rank
- #299
- “ganze” frequency rank
- 17296
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gans | ganze |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine ganze Reihe von nicht unmittelbar verwandten Gattungen der Gänsevögel (Halslänge zwischen Ente und Schwan, Beine nicht ganz so kurz wie bei den Enten) | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ganz |
Where the eye mixes Gans and ganze
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Gans runs 4 letters (CVCC) against ganze's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Gans vs ganze
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gans is [ɡans] while ganze is [ˈɡant͡sə]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gans is recorded at frequency rank #16,997, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡans]. ganze is at rank #299, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡant͡sə].
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 17296, this pair ranks #1,928,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Gans vs ganze
Shared letters: agn. Private to "Gans": s. Private to "ganze": ez.
"Gans" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "ganze" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Gans" and "ganze" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Gans" vs "ganze" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Gans" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ganze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,928,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Gans" and "ganze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gans vs Gao". 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 #1,928,626 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.