Which to use
“gea” and “great” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,913
- “gea” frequency rank
- #12,167
- “great” frequency rank
- 60080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gea | great |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mixte. | Grand. |
Where the eye mixes gea and great
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gea runs 3 letters (CVV) against great's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: gea vs great
A purely visual mix-up. gea (\ˈɡe.a\) and great (\ˈɡɹeɪt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gea is recorded at frequency rank #47,913, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈɡe.a\. great is at rank #12,167, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈɡɹeɪt\.
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 60080, this pair ranks #99,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gea vs great
Shared letters: aeg. Private to "gea": -. Private to "great": rt.
"gea" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "great" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- great ← gerat · ggreat · graet · greatt · grreat · rgeat
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gea" for "great" ever safe?
Which is more common, "gea" or "great"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "gea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "great" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gea" and "great" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gea vs gx". 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 #99,564 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.