# great vs greift

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### great
*adjective · IPA [ɡɹeɪt] · frequency rank #8,381*
sehr groß

### greift
*verb · IPA [ɡʁaɪ̯ft] · frequency rank #3,126*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs greifen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/great-vs-greift