gemavsgemerTell them apart

Quick tell: gema is a noun, gemer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gema” is a noun and “gemer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,009
“gema” frequency rank
#31,787
“gemer” frequency rank
51796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gema gemer
Definition parte central, amarela, do ovo das aves dar gemidos

Letter map: gema vs gemer

Shared letters muted; letters that set gema and gemer apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. gema runs 4 letters (CVCV) against gemer's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
gema
5 ch
gemer

Role in the sentence - gema and gemer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gema is anoun and gemeraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gema is recorded at frequency rank #20,009, classified as anoun. gemer is at rank #31,787, tagged as averb, pronounced /ʒɨ.ˈmeɾ/.

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 51796, this pair ranks #13,303 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of gema vs gemer

Shared letters: egm. Private to "gema": a. Private to "gemer": r.

"gema" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "gemer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gema ← egma · geam · gemma · ggema · gmea
  • gemer ← egmer · geemr · gemerr · gemmer · gemre · ggemer · gmeer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gema" and "gemer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gema" is a noun and "gemer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gema" or "gemer"?
"gema" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,009 in our Portuguese list, against #31,787 for "gemer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "gema" and "gemer".

  • Full dictionary entry for "gema" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gemer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,303 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gema" and "gemer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gemer vs ger". 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 #13,303 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list