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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grass" and "graues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "grass" vs "graues" - which ranks higher?
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.