blasvsbrosTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#32,964
“blas” frequency rank
#17,542
“bros” frequency rank
50506
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blas bros
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs blasen Plural des Substantivs bro

Letter map: blas vs bros

Shared letters muted; letters that set blas and bros apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
blas
4 ch
bros

Role in the sentence - blas and bros

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: blas is averb and brosanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50506, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blas is recorded at frequency rank #32,964, classified as averb, pronounced [blaːs]. bros is at rank #17,542, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 50506, this pair ranks #1,171,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of blas vs bros

Shared letters: bs. Private to "blas": al. Private to "bros": or.

"blas" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "bros" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • blasbblas · bllas · blsa · lbas
  • brosbbros · bors · bross · brros · brso · rbos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "blas" and "bros" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "blas" is a verb and "bros" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "blas" or "bros" show up more?
"bros" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,542 in our German list, against #32,964 for "blas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "blas" and "bros".

  • Full dictionary entry for "blas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,171,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blas" and "bros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bims vs blas". 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 #1,171,113 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list