Which to use
“grass” is a noun and “grau” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,648
- “grass” frequency rank
- #4,519
- “grau” frequency rank
- 20167
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grass | grau |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gras, Rasen | in einer Farbe, die eine Mischung aus schwarz und weiß ist, gehalten |
Letter map: grass vs grau
Shared letters muted; letters that set grass and grau apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for grass / grau
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grass is anoun and grauanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grass is recorded at frequency rank #15,648, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. grau is at rank #4,519, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡʁaʊ̯].
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 20167, this pair ranks #1,900,554 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grass vs grau
Shared letters: agr. Private to "grass": s. Private to "grau": u.
"grass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "grau" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grass" and "grau" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grass" vs "grau" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "grass" and "grau". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "grass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grau" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,900,554 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grass" and "grau" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grass 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 #1,900,554 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.