Gräser vs grass, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Gräser” and “grass” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,096
“Gräser” frequency rank: #15,648
“grass” frequency rank: 48744
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Gräser	grass
Definition	Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gras	Gras, Rasen

Letter map: Gräser vs grass

Shared letters muted; letters that set Gräser and grass apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Gräser runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against grass's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch

Gräser

5 ch

grass

Pair insight - Gräser / grass

Gräser and grass are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48744, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gräser is recorded at frequency rank #33,096, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɡʁɛːzɐ]. grass is at rank #15,648, 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 48744, this pair ranks #1,237,288 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Gräser vs grass

Shared letters: grs. Private to "Gräser": eä. Private to "grass": a.

"Gräser" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "grass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

grass ← garss · ggrass · graß · grrass · grsas · rgass

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Gräser" for "grass" ever safe?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "Gräser" vs "grass" - which ranks higher?

"grass" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,648 in our German list, against #33,096 for "Gräser". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "Gräser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "grass" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,237,288 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Gräser" and "grass" 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 #1,237,288 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.