# geis vs guess

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### geis
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #45,964*
Inessiv Singular des Substantivs gei „Homosexueller“

### guess
*verb · IPA [ɡɛs] · frequency rank #29,615*
mutmaßen, vermuten, erraten

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/geis-vs-guess