Which to use
“grades” is a verb and “grande” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,903
- “grades” frequency rank
- #12,294
- “grande” frequency rank
- 28197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grades | grande |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grade | Singular Femininum des Adjektivs grand |
Letter map: grades vs grande
Shared letters muted; letters that set grades and grande apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. grades (CCVCVC) and grande (CCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - grades and grande
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grades is averb and grandeanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grades is recorded at frequency rank #15,903, classified as averb, pronounced […]. grande is at rank #12,294, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡʁɑ̃d].
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 28197, this pair ranks #1,788,909 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grades vs grande
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "grades": s. Private to "grande": n.
"grades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "grande" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "grades" vs "grande" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "grades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grande" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,788,909 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grades" and "grande" 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 #1,788,909 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.