Which to use
“Greis” is a noun and “Greiz” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,401
- “Greis” frequency rank
- #29,608
- “Greiz” frequency rank
- 69009
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Greis | Greiz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sehr alter Mensch, meist Mann | eine Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland |
Where the eye mixes Greis and Greiz
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Greis and Greiz follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between Greis and Greiz
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Greis is [ɡʁaɪ̯s] while Greiz is [ɡʁaɪ̯t͡s]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “Greis” becomes z in “Greiz”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69009, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Greis is recorded at frequency rank #39,401, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡʁaɪ̯s]. Greiz is at rank #29,608, tagged as aname, pronounced [ɡʁaɪ̯t͡s].
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 69009, this pair ranks #489,914 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Greis vs Greiz
Shared letters: egir. Private to "Greis": s. Private to "Greiz": z.
"Greis" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "Greiz" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Greis" for "Greiz" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Greis" or "Greiz" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Greis" and "Greiz" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Greis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Greiz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #489,914 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Greis" and "Greiz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "greco vs Greis". 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 #489,914 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.