geravswebersTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#12,085
“gera” frequency rank
#38,517
“webers” frequency rank
50602
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gera webers
Definition tun Plural des Substantivs weber

Letter map: gera vs webers

Shared letters muted; letters that set gera and webers apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. gera runs 4 letters (CVCV) against webers's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
gera
6 ch
webers

Role in the sentence - gera and webers

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gera is averb and webersanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gera is recorded at frequency rank #12,085, classified as averb, pronounced […]. webers is at rank #38,517, 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 50602, this pair ranks #1,167,472 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gera vs webers

Shared letters: er. Private to "gera": ag. Private to "webers": bsw.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gera ← egra · gerra · ggera · grea
  • webers ← ewbers · wbeers · webbers · weberrs · weberss · webesr · webres · weebrs

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gera" for "webers" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gera" is a verb and "webers" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "gera" vs "webers" - which ranks higher?
"gera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,085 in our German list, against #38,517 for "webers". 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 "webers".

  • Full dictionary entry for "gera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "webers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,167,472 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gera" and "webers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs webers". 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 #1,167,472 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