grassvsgrauesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: grass is a noun, graues is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“grass” is a noun and “graues” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,648
“grass” frequency rank
#32,066
“graues” frequency rank
47714
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grass graues
Definition Gras, Rasen Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grau

Letter map: grass vs graues

Shared letters muted; letters that set grass and graues apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
grass
6 ch
graues

Part-of-speech tell for grass / graues

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grass is anoun and grauesanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grass is recorded at frequency rank #15,648, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. graues is at rank #32,066, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡʁaʊ̯əs].

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 47714, this pair ranks #1,274,682 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grass vs graues

Shared letters: agrs. Private to "grass": -. Private to "graues": eu.

"grass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "graues" · 6 letters · shape CCVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grassgarss · ggrass · graß · grrass · grsas · rgass
  • grauesgarues · ggraues · graeus · grauess · grause · grraues · gruaes · rgaues

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "grass" and "graues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "grass" is a noun and "graues" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "grass" vs "graues" - which ranks higher?
"grass" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,648 in our German list, against #32,066 for "graues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "grass" vs "graues" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "grass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "graues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,274,682 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grass" and "graues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graues 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 #1,274,682 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