# genes vs Gere

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### genes
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒiːnz/ · frequency rank #5,684*
plural of gene

### Gere
*name · frequency rank #49,940*
A surname.

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