Which to use
“Grippe” and “grips” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,664
- “Grippe” frequency rank
- #43,230
- “grips” frequency rank
- 54894
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Grippe | grips |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | akute, fieberhafte Virusinfektion, vorwiegend mit Entzündung der Atemwege, welche endemisch, epidemisch oder pandemisch auftritt und durch das Influenzavirus verursacht wird | Plural des Substantivs grip |
Letter map: Grippe vs grips
Shared letters muted; letters that set Grippe and grips apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Grippe runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against grips's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: Grippe and grips
Grippe and grips 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 54894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Grippe is recorded at frequency rank #11,664, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɡʁɪpə]. grips is at rank #43,230, 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 54894, this pair ranks #1,000,830 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Grippe vs grips
Shared letters: gipr. Private to "Grippe": e. Private to "grips": s.
"Grippe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "grips" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "Grippe" and "grips". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Grippe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grips" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,000,830 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Grippe" and "grips" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grips 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 #1,000,830 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.