Which to use
“Gerät” is a noun and “gran” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,109
- “Gerät” frequency rank
- #13,386
- “gran” frequency rank
- 15495
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gerät | gran |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ein Werkzeug oder Hilfsmittel; ein (ursprünglich einfach aufgebauter) beweglicher Gegenstand, mit dem etwas bewirkt werden kann | groß, hochgewachsen |
Letter map: Gerät vs gran
Shared letters muted; letters that set Gerät and gran apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - Gerät and gran
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Gerät is anoun and grananadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gerät is recorded at frequency rank #2,109, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈʁɛːt]. gran is at rank #13,386, tagged as anadj, 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 15495, this pair ranks #1,943,426 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Gerät vs gran
Shared letters: gr. Private to "Gerät": etä. Private to "gran": an.
"Gerät" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gran ← ggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Gerät" for "gran" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Gerät" or "gran"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Gerät" and "gran".
- Full dictionary entry for "Gerät" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,943,426 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Gerät" and "gran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gran 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 #1,943,426 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.