geravsspacesConfusable pair

Which to use

“gera” and “spaces” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,085
“gera” frequency rank
#38,421
“spaces” frequency rank
50506
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gera spaces
Definition tun 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs space

Letter map: gera vs spaces

Shared letters muted; letters that set gera and spaces apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. gera runs 4 letters (CVCV) against spaces's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
gera
6 ch
spaces

Corpus notes: gera and spaces

gera and spaces are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50506, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gera is recorded at frequency rank #12,085, classified as averb, pronounced […]. spaces is at rank #38,421, 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 50506, this pair ranks #1,171,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gera vs spaces

Shared letters: ae. Private to "gera": gr. Private to "spaces": cps.

"gera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "spaces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gera ← egra · gerra · ggera · grea
  • spaces ← psaces · sapces · spacces · spacess · spacse · spaecs · spcaes · sppaces

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gera" and "spaces" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "gera" vs "spaces" - which ranks higher?
"gera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,085 in our German list, against #38,421 for "spaces". 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 "spaces". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "spaces" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,171,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gera" and "spaces" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs spaces". 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 #1,171,113 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