# great vs Grete

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Grete
*name · IPA [ˈɡʁeːtə] · frequency rank #36,967*
weiblicher Vorname

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/great-vs-grete