GräbervsgradesWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#13,159
“Gräber” frequency rank
#15,903
“grades” frequency rank
29062
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Gräber grades
Definition Person, die aus bestimmten Gründen eine Vertiefung in der Erde aushebt 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grade

Letter map: Gräber vs grades

Shared letters muted; letters that set Gräber and grades apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
Gräber
6 ch
grades

Grammar separator: Gräber vs grades

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Gräber is anoun and gradesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gräber is recorded at frequency rank #13,159, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɡʁɛːbɐ]. 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 29062, this pair ranks #1,773,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Gräber vs grades

Shared letters: egr. Private to "Gräber": . Private to "grades": ads.

"Gräber" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "grades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Gräber" and "grades" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Gräber" is a noun and "grades" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Gräber" or "grades" show up more?
"Gräber" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,159 in our German list, against #15,903 for "grades". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Gräber" and "grades". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Gräber" 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 #1,773,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Gräber" 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 #1,773,745 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