geravspasteConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#12,085
“gera” frequency rank
#24,065
“paste” frequency rank
36150
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gera paste
Definition tun Paste

Letter map: gera vs paste

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

4 ch
gera
5 ch
paste

Role in the sentence - gera and paste

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gera is averb and pasteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gera is recorded at frequency rank #12,085, classified as averb, pronounced […]. paste is at rank #24,065, tagged as anoun, 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 36150, this pair ranks #1,622,751 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gera vs paste

Shared letters: ae. Private to "gera": gr. Private to "paste": pst.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • geraegra · gerra · ggera · grea
  • pasteapste · paset · pastte · patse · ppaste · psate

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gera" and "paste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gera" is a verb and "paste" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gera" or "paste"?
"gera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,085 in our German list, against #24,065 for "paste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "paste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,622,751 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gera" and "paste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paste 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 #1,622,751 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