Which to use
“gerade” is an adjective and “grades” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #155
- “gerade” frequency rank
- #15,903
- “grades” frequency rank
- 16058
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gerade | grades |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nicht gebogen oder gekrümmt | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grade |
Letter map: gerade vs grades
Shared letters muted; letters that set gerade and grades apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for gerade / grades
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gerade is anadjective and gradesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gerade is recorded at frequency rank #155, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈʁaːdə]. 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 16058, this pair ranks #1,938,942 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gerade vs grades
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "gerade": -. Private to "grades": s.
"gerade" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "grades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gerade" for "grades" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gerade" vs "grades" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "gerade" and "grades".
- Full dictionary entry for "gerade" 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 #1,938,942 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gerade" and "grades" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grades vs puzzles". 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 #1,938,942 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.