gebe vs gera, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“gebe” and “gera” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,078
“gebe” frequency rank: #12,085
“gera” frequency rank: 13163
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	gebe	gera
Definition	1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geben	tun

Letter map: gebe vs gera

Shared letters muted; letters that set gebe and gera apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

gebe

4 ch

gera

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

gebe and gera are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gebe is recorded at frequency rank #1,078, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈɡeːbə]. gera is at rank #12,085, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 13163, this pair ranks #1,959,719 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gebe vs gera

Shared letters: eg. Private to "gebe": b. Private to "gera": ar.

"gebe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "gera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

gebe ← egbe · gbee · gebbe · geeb · ggebe
gera ← egra · gerra · ggera · grea

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gebe" and "gera" be used interchangeably?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "gebe" or "gera"?

"gebe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,078 in our German list, against #12,085 for "gera". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "gebe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "gera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,959,719 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"gebe" and "gera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gera vs puzzles". 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

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