Which to use
“grass” is a noun and “graue” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,648
- “grass” frequency rank
- #8,723
- “graue” frequency rank
- 24371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grass | graue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gras, Rasen | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs grau |
Letter map: grass vs graue
Shared letters muted; letters that set grass and graue apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for grass / graue
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grass is anoun and graueanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grass is recorded at frequency rank #15,648, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. graue is at rank #8,723, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ə].
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 24371, this pair ranks #1,848,592 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grass vs graue
Shared letters: agr. Private to "grass": s. Private to "graue": eu.
"grass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "graue" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grass" and "graue" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grass" vs "graue" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "grass" and "graue".
- Full dictionary entry for "grass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "graue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,848,592 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grass" and "graue" 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 #1,848,592 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.