geravspinsWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#12,085
“gera” frequency rank
#36,553
“pins” frequency rank
48638
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gera pins
Definition tun Plural des Substantivs pin

Letter map: gera vs pins

Shared letters muted; letters that set gera and pins apart highlighted. No shared letter run. gera (CVCV) and pins (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
gera
4 ch
pins

Grammar separator: gera vs pins

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gera is averb and pinsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gera is recorded at frequency rank #12,085, classified as averb, pronounced […]. pins is at rank #36,553, 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 48638, this pair ranks #1,241,170 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gera vs pins

Shared letters: none. Private to "gera": aegr. Private to "pins": inps.

"gera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "pins" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • geraegra · gerra · ggera · grea
  • pinsipns · pinns · pinss · pisn · pnis · ppins

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gera" and "pins" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gera" is a verb and "pins" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "gera" vs "pins" - which ranks higher?
"gera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,085 in our German list, against #36,553 for "pins". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,241,170 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gera" and "pins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pins 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 #1,241,170 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