geravsGerätsWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#12,085
“gera” frequency rank
#35,795
“Geräts” frequency rank
47880
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gera Geräts
Definition tun Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gerät

Letter map: gera vs Geräts

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

4 ch
gera
6 ch
Geräts

Part-of-speech tell for gera / Geräts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gera is averb and Gerätsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gera is recorded at frequency rank #12,085, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Geräts is at rank #35,795, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈʁɛːt͡s].

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 47880, this pair ranks #1,268,661 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gera vs Geräts

Shared letters: egr. Private to "gera": a. Private to "Geräts": stä.

"gera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Geräts" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • geraegra · gerra · ggera · grea

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gera" for "Geräts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gera" is a verb and "Geräts" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gera" or "Geräts"?
"gera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,085 in our German list, against #35,795 for "Geräts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "gera" and "Geräts".

  • Full dictionary entry for "gera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Geräts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,268,661 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gera" and "Geräts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gebets vs Geräts". 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 #1,268,661 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