Which to use
“Grad” and “Grat” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #928
- “Grad” frequency rank
- #24,371
- “Grat” frequency rank
- 25299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Grad | Grat |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das Ausmaß, das Viel oder Wenig einer Eigenschaft oder eines Zustandes | schmaler Bergkamm, Bergrücken |
Same sound, different letters: Grad vs Grat
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Homophone desk: Grad vs Grat
This is the hard kind. Grad and Grat are pronounced identically ([ɡʁaːt]) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - d in “Grad” becomes t in “Grat”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Grad is recorded at frequency rank #928, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡʁaːt]. Grat is at rank #24,371, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡʁaːt].
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 25299, this pair ranks #1,835,340 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Grad vs Grat
Shared letters: agr. Private to "Grad": d. Private to "Grat": t.
"Grad" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Grat" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Grad" and "Grat" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Grad" or "Grat" show up more?
What to do next
"Grad" and "Grat" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "Grad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Grat" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,835,340 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Grad" and "Grat" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gao vs Grat". 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 #1,835,340 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.