geravsLemkeWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#12,085
“gera” frequency rank
#35,888
“Lemke” frequency rank
47973
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gera Lemke
Definition tun deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: gera vs Lemke

Shared letters muted; letters that set gera and Lemke apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. gera runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Lemke's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
gera
5 ch
Lemke

Part-of-speech tell for gera / Lemke

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gera is averb and Lemkeaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gera is recorded at frequency rank #12,085, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Lemke is at rank #35,888, tagged as aname, 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 47973, this pair ranks #1,265,367 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gera vs Lemke

Shared letters: e. Private to "gera": agr. Private to "Lemke": klm.

"gera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Lemke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • geraegra · gerra · ggera · grea
  • Lemkeelmke · lekme · lemek · lemkke · lemmke · llemke · lmeke

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gera" and "Lemke" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gera" is a verb and "Lemke" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gera" or "Lemke"?
"gera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,085 in our German list, against #35,888 for "Lemke". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lemke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,265,367 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gera" and "Lemke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lemke 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

Confusion rank #1,265,367 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