Which to use
“grades” is a verb and “Hastings” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,903
- “grades” frequency rank
- #31,090
- “Hastings” frequency rank
- 46993
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grades | Hastings |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grade | Stadt im Südosten Englands, in der Grafschaft Sussex |
Letter map: grades vs Hastings
Shared letters muted; letters that set grades and Hastings apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. grades runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against Hastings's 8 (CVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for grades / Hastings
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grades is averb and Hastingsaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grades is recorded at frequency rank #15,903, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Hastings is at rank #31,090, tagged as aname, pronounced […].
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 46993, this pair ranks #1,299,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grades vs Hastings
Shared letters: ags. Private to "grades": der. Private to "Hastings": hint.
"grades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "Hastings" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grades" and "Hastings" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "grades" or "Hastings" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "grades" and "Hastings".
- Full dictionary entry for "grades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hastings" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,299,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grades" and "Hastings" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hastings 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 #1,299,894 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.