Which to use
“grades” is a verb and “grauer” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,903
- “grades” frequency rank
- #17,313
- “grauer” frequency rank
- 33216
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grades | grauer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grade | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grau |
Letter map: grades vs grauer
Shared letters muted; letters that set grades and grauer apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - grades and grauer
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grades is averb and graueranadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grades is recorded at frequency rank #15,903, classified as averb, pronounced […]. grauer is at rank #17,313, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ɐ].
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 33216, this pair ranks #1,690,793 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grades vs grauer
Shared letters: aegr. Private to "grades": ds. Private to "grauer": u.
"grades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "grauer" · 6 letters · shape CCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grades" and "grauer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "grades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grauer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,690,793 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grades" and "grauer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grauer 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 #1,690,793 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.