Which to use
“Gerät” is a noun and “great” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,109
- “Gerät” frequency rank
- #8,381
- “great” frequency rank
- 10490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gerät | great |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ein Werkzeug oder Hilfsmittel; ein (ursprünglich einfach aufgebauter) beweglicher Gegenstand, mit dem etwas bewirkt werden kann | sehr groß |
Where the eye mixes Gerät and great
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Gerät vs great
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gerät is [ɡəˈʁɛːt] while great is [ɡɹeɪt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10490, 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]. great is at rank #8,381, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡɹeɪt].
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 10490, this pair ranks #1,974,873 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Gerät vs great
Shared letters: egrt. Private to "Gerät": ä. Private to "great": a.
"Gerät" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "great" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- great ← gerat · ggreat · graet · greatt · greta · grreat · rgeat
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Gerät" for "great" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Gerät" vs "great" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Gerät" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "great" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,974,873 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Gerät" and "great" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "great vs greco". 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 #1,974,873 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.