GraphvsgrautWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#28,231
“Graph” frequency rank
#46,707
“graut” frequency rank
74938
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Graph graut
Definition Visualisierung einer Funktion 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grauen

Where the eye mixes Graph and graut

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Graph
5 ch
graut

Look-alike desk: Graph vs graut

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Graph is [ɡʁaːf] while graut is [ɡʁaʊ̯t]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Graph is recorded at frequency rank #28,231, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡʁaːf]. graut is at rank #46,707, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡʁaʊ̯t].

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 74938, this pair ranks #320,547 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Graph vs graut

Shared letters: agr. Private to "Graph": hp. Private to "graut": tu.

"Graph" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "graut" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Graphgarph · ggraph · grahp · graphh · grapph · grpah · grraph · rgaph
  • grautgarut · ggraut · gratu · grautt · grraut · gruat · rgaut

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Graph" for "graut" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Graph" is a noun and "graut" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Graph" or "graut" show up more?
"Graph" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,231 in our German list, against #46,707 for "graut". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Graph" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "graut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #320,547 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Graph" and "graut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graut 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 #320,547 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