gradesvsGräserWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#15,903
“grades” frequency rank
#33,096
“Gräser” frequency rank
48999
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grades Gräser
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grade Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gras

Letter map: grades vs Gräser

Shared letters muted; letters that set grades and Gräser apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. grades and Gräser follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
grades
6 ch
Gräser

Role in the sentence - grades and Gräser

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grades is averb and Gräseranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48999, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grades is recorded at frequency rank #15,903, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Gräser is at rank #33,096, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɡʁɛːzɐ].

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 48999, this pair ranks #1,227,768 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grades vs Gräser

Shared letters: egrs. Private to "grades": ad. Private to "Gräser": ä.

"grades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "Gräser" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grades ← gardes · ggrades · graddes · gradess · gradse · graeds · grdaes · grrades

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "grades" and "Gräser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "grades" is a verb and "Gräser" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "grades" or "Gräser"?
"grades" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,903 in our German list, against #33,096 for "Gräser". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "grades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Gräser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,227,768 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grades" and "Gräser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gräser vs grave". 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 #1,227,768 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