# grabe vs Grete

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### grabe
*verb · IPA [ˈɡʁaːbə] · frequency rank #21,633*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs graben

### Grete
*name · IPA [ˈɡʁeːtə] · frequency rank #36,967*
weiblicher Vorname

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/grabe-vs-grete