Which to use
“Gäste” is a noun and “Grete” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,597
- “Gäste” frequency rank
- #36,967
- “Grete” frequency rank
- 38564
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gäste | Grete |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gast | weiblicher Vorname |
Where the eye mixes Gäste and Grete
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 Grete is [ˈɡʁeːtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38564, 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]. Grete is at rank #36,967, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈɡʁeːtə].
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 38564, this pair ranks #1,560,586 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Gäste vs Grete
Shared letters: egt. Private to "Gäste": sä. Private to "Grete": r.
"Gäste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Grete" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Grete ← gerte · ggrete · greet · grette · grrete · grtee