geil vs geis, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#1,729
“geil” frequency rank: #45,964
“geis” frequency rank: 47693
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	geil	geis
Definition	auf sexuelle Weise erregt, sexuell fordernd, jemanden sexuell attraktiv findend	Inessiv Singular des Substantivs gei „Homosexueller“

Letter map: geil vs geis

Shared letters muted; letters that set geil and geis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch

geil

4 ch

geis

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: geil is anadjective and geisanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “geil” becomes s in “geis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

geil is recorded at frequency rank #1,729, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡaɪ̯l]. 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 47693, this pair ranks #1,275,390 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of geil vs geis

Shared letters: egi. Private to "geil": l. Private to "geis": s.

"geil" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "geis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

geil ← egil · geill · geli · ggeil · giel
geis ← egis · geiss · gesi · ggeis · gies

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "geil" and "geis" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "geil" is an adjective and "geis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "geil" or "geis"?

"geil" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,729 in our German list, against #45,964 for "geis". 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 "geil" 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 #1,275,390 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"geil" 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

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