Which to use
“gleichen” is a verb and “gleiches” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #763
- “gleichen” frequency rank
- #7,479
- “gleiches” frequency rank
- 8242
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gleichen | gleiches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | wenige oder keine Unterschiede zu einer anderen Sache aufweisen | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleich |
Where the eye mixes gleichen and gleiches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. gleichen and gleiches follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: gleichen vs gleiches
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gleichen is [ˈɡlaɪ̯çn̩] while gleiches is [ˈɡlaɪ̯çəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - n in “gleichen” becomes s in “gleiches”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gleichen is recorded at frequency rank #763, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈɡlaɪ̯çn̩]. gleiches is at rank #7,479, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡlaɪ̯çəs].
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 8242, this pair ranks #1,985,068 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gleichen vs gleiches
Shared letters: ceghil. Private to "gleichen": n. Private to "gleiches": s.
"gleichen" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCVC · "gleiches" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gleichen" and "gleiches" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "gleichen" or "gleiches" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "gleichen" and "gleiches" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gleichen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gleiches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,985,068 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gleichen" and "gleiches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gleiches vs Gleichnis". 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 #1,985,068 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.