Which to use
“Gäste” is a noun and “gates” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,597
- “Gäste” frequency rank
- #12,080
- “gates” frequency rank
- 13677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gäste | gates |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gast | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gate |
Where the eye mixes Gäste and gates
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gäste is [ˈɡɛstə] while gates is [ɡeɪts]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gäste is recorded at frequency rank #1,597, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɡɛstə]. gates is at rank #12,080, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡeɪts].
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 13677, this pair ranks #1,956,454 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Gäste vs gates
Shared letters: egst. Private to "Gäste": ä. Private to "gates": a.
"Gäste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "gates" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gates ← agtes · gaets · gatess · gatse · gattes · ggates · gtaes