Which to use
“gleiche” is a verb and “gleichem” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,059
- “gleiche” frequency rank
- #13,385
- “gleichem” frequency rank
- 14444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gleiche | gleichem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gleichen | Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleich |
Where the eye mixes gleiche and gleichem
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. gleiche runs 7 letters (CCVVCCV) against gleichem's 8 (CCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between gleiche and gleichem
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gleiche is [ˈɡlaɪ̯çə] while gleichem is [ˈɡlaɪ̯çm̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “gleiche” sits inside “gleichem”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gleiche is recorded at frequency rank #1,059, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈɡlaɪ̯çə]. gleichem is at rank #13,385, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡlaɪ̯çm̩].
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 14444, this pair ranks #1,951,182 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gleiche vs gleichem
Shared letters: ceghil. Private to "gleiche": -. Private to "gleichem": m.
"gleiche" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCV · "gleichem" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gleiche" and "gleichem" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "gleiche" or "gleichem" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gleiche" and "gleichem" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gleiche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gleichem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,951,182 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gleiche" and "gleichem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gleichem vs glichen". 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 #1,951,182 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.