Deutsch homophones
Grad/Grat
"Grad" (#928 written frequency) beats "Grat" (#24,371) in this 2-word /ɡʁaːt/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ɡʁaːt/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Grad" leads at #928, with "Grat" trailing at #24,371.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Single-letter fork: "Grad" keeps d, "Grat" writes t at letter 4.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Grad, Grat: agr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Grad
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVC
Inventory adgr · private d
Grat
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVC
Inventory agrt · private t
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Grad" when you mean: das Ausmaß, das Viel oder Wenig einer Eigenschaft oder eines Zustandes
- Write "Grat" when you mean: schmaler Bergkamm, Bergrücken
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.