# gem vs GiB

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### gem
*noun · IPA [dʒɛm] · frequency rank #10,663*
Edelstein

### GiB
*abbrev · frequency rank #2,828*
Abkürzung für Gibibyte, 1 GiB = 2³⁰ Byte

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