Which to use
“glass” and “Gras” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,722
- “glass” frequency rank
- #4,274
- “Gras” frequency rank
- 20996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glass | Gras |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Glas (das durchsichtige, harte Material) | einkeimblättrige Pflanze mit unscheinbaren Blüten und langen, schmalen und meist grünen Blättern (einzelnes Exemplar, einzelne Art oder Gesamtheit) |
Where the eye mixes glass and Gras
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: glass vs Gras
A purely visual mix-up. glass ([ɡlɑːs]) and Gras ([ɡʁaːs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glass is recorded at frequency rank #16,722, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡlɑːs]. Gras is at rank #4,274, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡʁaːs].
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 20996, this pair ranks #1,891,351 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of glass vs Gras
Shared letters: ags. Private to "glass": l. Private to "Gras": r.
"glass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "Gras" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "glass" for "Gras" ever safe?
Frequency check: "glass" vs "Gras" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "glass" and "Gras" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "glass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Gras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,891,351 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glass" and "Gras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gases vs glass". 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 #1,891,351 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.