Which to use
“good” and “grob” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,798
- “good” frequency rank
- #5,843
- “grob” frequency rank
- 10641
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | good | grob |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | gut | unfein, unbehauen, unbearbeitet, unrein von Stoffen, Oberflächen und Material, ungenau, unscharf |
Where the eye mixes good and grob
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: good vs grob
A purely visual mix-up. good ([ɡʊd]) and grob ([ɡʁoːp]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
good is recorded at frequency rank #4,798, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡʊd]. grob is at rank #5,843, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡʁoːp].
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 10641, this pair ranks #1,974,086 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of good vs grob
Shared letters: go. Private to "good": d. Private to "grob": br.
"good" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "grob" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "good" and "grob" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "good" or "grob" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "good" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grob" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,974,086 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "good" and "grob" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gao vs grob". 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 #1,974,086 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.