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.
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?
Which is more common, "grades" or "Gräser"?
What to do next
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- 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.