gebtvsgeisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: gebt is a verb, geis is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gebt” is a verb and “geis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,485
“gebt” frequency rank
#45,964
“geis” frequency rank
51449
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gebt geis
Definition 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geben Inessiv Singular des Substantivs gei „Homosexueller“

Letter map: gebt vs geis

Shared letters muted; letters that set gebt and geis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
gebt
4 ch
geis

Part-of-speech tell for gebt / geis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gebt is averb and geisanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51449, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gebt is recorded at frequency rank #5,485, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡeːpt]. geis is at rank #45,964, tagged as anoun, 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 51449, this pair ranks #1,135,126 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gebt vs geis

Shared letters: eg. Private to "gebt": bt. Private to "geis": is.

"gebt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "geis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gebtegbt · gbet · gebbt · gebtt · getb · ggebt
  • geisegis · geiss · gesi · ggeis · gies

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gebt" for "geis" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gebt" is a verb and "geis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "gebt" vs "geis" - which ranks higher?
"gebt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,485 in our German list, against #45,964 for "geis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "gebt" and "geis".

  • Full dictionary entry for "gebt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "geis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,135,126 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gebt" and "geis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geis 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

Confusion rank #1,135,126 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list