Which to use
“Gast” and “glass” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,150
- “Gast” frequency rank
- #16,722
- “glass” frequency rank
- 18872
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gast | glass |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Person, die unentgeltlich oder gegen Entgelt beherbergt, bewirtet oder befördert wird | Glas (das durchsichtige, harte Material) |
Where the eye mixes Gast and glass
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Gast vs glass
A purely visual mix-up. Gast ([ɡast]) and glass ([ɡlɑːs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gast is recorded at frequency rank #2,150, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡast]. glass is at rank #16,722, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡlɑːs].
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 18872, this pair ranks #1,914,036 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Gast vs glass
Shared letters: ags. Private to "Gast": t. Private to "glass": l.
"Gast" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "glass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Gast" and "glass" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Gast" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "glass" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,914,036 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Gast" and "glass" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gases vs glass". 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 #1,914,036 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.