GerätevsgeübteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Geräte is a noun, geübte is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Geräte” is a noun and “geübte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,042
“Geräte” frequency rank
#41,862
“geübte” frequency rank
44904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Geräte geübte
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Gerät Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geübt

Where the eye mixes Geräte and geübte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Geräte (CVCVCV) and geübte (CVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
Geräte
6 ch
geübte

Why the eye confuses Geräte with geübte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Geräte is [ɡəˈʁɛːtə] while geübte is [ɡəˈʔyːptə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 44904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Geräte is recorded at frequency rank #3,042, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈʁɛːtə]. geübte is at rank #41,862, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈʔyːptə].

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 44904, this pair ranks #1,370,874 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Geräte vs geübte

Shared letters: egt. Private to "Geräte": . Private to "geübte": .

"Geräte" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "geübte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Geräte" and "geübte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Geräte" is a noun and "geübte" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Geräte" vs "geübte" - which ranks higher?
"Geräte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,042 in our German list, against #41,862 for "geübte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Geräte" and "geübte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Geräte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "geübte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,370,874 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Geräte" and "geübte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gelobte vs geübte". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,370,874 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