GEMAvsgeraConfusable pair

Quick tell: GEMA is a abbrev, gera is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“GEMA” is an abbrev and “gera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,161
“GEMA” frequency rank
#12,085
“gera” frequency rank
28246
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature GEMA gera
Definition Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte tun

Letter map: GEMA vs gera

Shared letters muted; letters that set GEMA and gera apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
GEMA
4 ch
gera

Grammar separator: GEMA vs gera

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: GEMA is anabbrev and geraaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - m in “GEMA” becomes r in “gera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

GEMA is recorded at frequency rank #16,161, classified as anabbrev, pronounced [ˈɡeːma]. 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 28246, this pair ranks #1,788,107 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of GEMA vs gera

Shared letters: aeg. Private to "GEMA": m. Private to "gera": r.

"GEMA" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "gera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • GEMAegma · geam · ggema · gmea
  • geraegra · gerra · ggera · grea

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "GEMA" and "gera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "GEMA" is an abbrev and "gera" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "GEMA" or "gera" show up more?
"gera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,085 in our German list, against #16,161 for "GEMA". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "GEMA" and "gera". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "GEMA" 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 #1,788,107 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "GEMA" and "gera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "GEMA vs GIMP". 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 #1,788,107 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