Which to use
“grades” is a verb and “hazard” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,903
- “grades” frequency rank
- #31,602
- “hazard” frequency rank
- 47505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grades | hazard |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grade | Gefahrenmoment |
Letter map: grades vs hazard
Shared letters muted; letters that set grades and hazard apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. grades (CCVCVC) and hazard (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: grades vs hazard
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grades is averb and hazardanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grades is recorded at frequency rank #15,903, classified as averb, pronounced […]. hazard is at rank #31,602, tagged as anoun, 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 47505, this pair ranks #1,281,936 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grades vs hazard
Shared letters: adr. Private to "grades": egs. Private to "hazard": hz.
"grades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "hazard" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grades" for "hazard" ever safe?
Which is more common, "grades" or "hazard"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "grades" and "hazard".
- Full dictionary entry for "grades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hazard" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,281,936 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grades" and "hazard" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hazard 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 #1,281,936 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.