GerätesvsgradesConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#34,124
“Gerätes” frequency rank
#15,903
“grades” frequency rank
50027
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Gerätes grades
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gerät 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grade

Letter map: Gerätes vs grades

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

7 ch
Gerätes
6 ch
grades

Role in the sentence - Gerätes and grades

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Gerätes is anoun and gradesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gerätes is recorded at frequency rank #34,124, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈʁɛːtəs]. 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 50027, this pair ranks #1,189,359 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Gerätes vs grades

Shared letters: egrs. Private to "Gerätes": . Private to "grades": ad.

"Gerätes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "grades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gradesgardes · ggrades · graddes · gradess · gradse · graeds · grdaes · grrades

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Gerätes" and "grades" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Gerätes" is a noun and "grades" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Gerätes" or "grades"?
"grades" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,903 in our German list, against #34,124 for "Gerätes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Gerätes" 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 #1,189,359 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Gerätes" and "grades" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gerätes vs Graves". 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 #1,189,359 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