GasesvsgradesWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#45,952
“Gases” frequency rank
#15,903
“grades” frequency rank
61855
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Gases grades
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gas 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grade

Letter map: Gases vs grades

Shared letters muted; letters that set Gases and grades apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Gases
6 ch
grades

Grammar separator: Gases vs grades

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Gases is anoun and gradesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gases is recorded at frequency rank #45,952, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɡaːzəs]. grades is at rank #15,903, tagged as averb, 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 61855, this pair ranks #734,149 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Gases vs grades

Shared letters: aegs. Private to "Gases": -. Private to "grades": dr.

"Gases" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "grades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Gasesagses · gaess · gasess · gasses · ggases · gsaes
  • gradesgardes · ggrades · graddes · gradess · gradse · graeds · grdaes · grrades

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Gases" and "grades" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Gases" is a noun and "grades" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Gases" or "grades"?
"grades" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,903 in our German list, against #45,952 for "Gases". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Gases" vs "grades" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Gases" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "grades" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #734,149 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Gases" and "grades" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gases vs gries". 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 #734,149 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