Which to use
“grass” and “Grosse” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,648
- “grass” frequency rank
- #259
- “Grosse” frequency rank
- 15907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grass | Grosse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gras, Rasen | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gros |
Letter map: grass vs Grosse
Shared letters muted; letters that set grass and Grosse apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Pair insight - grass / Grosse
grass and Grosse 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 15907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grass is recorded at frequency rank #15,648, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Grosse is at rank #259, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɡʁɔsə].
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 15907, this pair ranks #1,940,180 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grass vs Grosse
Shared letters: grs. Private to "grass": a. Private to "Grosse": eo.
"grass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "Grosse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grass" and "Grosse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "grass" vs "Grosse" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "grass" and "Grosse". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "grass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Grosse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,940,180 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grass" and "Grosse" 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 #1,940,180 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.