grassvskimiWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“grass” and “kimi” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,648
“grass” frequency rank
#35,269
“kimi” frequency rank
50917
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grass kimi
Definition Gras, Rasen Chemie

Letter map: grass vs kimi

Shared letters muted; letters that set grass and kimi apart highlighted. No shared letter run. grass runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against kimi's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
grass
4 ch
kimi

Corpus notes: grass and kimi

grass and kimi 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 50917, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grass is recorded at frequency rank #15,648, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. kimi is at rank #35,269, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 50917, this pair ranks #1,155,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grass vs kimi

Shared letters: none. Private to "grass": agrs. Private to "kimi": ikm.

"grass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "kimi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grass ← garss · ggrass · graß · grrass · grsas · rgass
  • kimi ← ikmi · kiim · kimmi · kkimi · kmii

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "grass" for "kimi" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "grass" vs "kimi" - which ranks higher?
"grass" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,648 in our German list, against #35,269 for "kimi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "grass" and "kimi".

  • Full dictionary entry for "grass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "kimi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,155,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grass" and "kimi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kimi 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 #1,155,425 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