Which to use
“grob” and “groben” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,843
- “grob” frequency rank
- #12,728
- “groben” frequency rank
- 18571
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grob | groben |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | unfein, unbehauen, unbearbeitet, unrein von Stoffen, Oberflächen und Material, ungenau, unscharf | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grob |
Where the eye mixes grob and groben
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between grob and groben
A purely visual mix-up. grob ([ɡʁoːp]) and groben ([ˈɡʁoːbn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “grob” sits inside “groben”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grob is recorded at frequency rank #5,843, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡʁoːp]. groben is at rank #12,728, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡʁoːbn̩].
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 18571, this pair ranks #1,916,978 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grob vs groben
Shared letters: bgor. Private to "grob": -. Private to "groben": en.
"grob" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "groben" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grob" and "groben" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "grob" or "groben" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "grob" and "groben" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grob" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "groben" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,916,978 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grob" and "groben" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gao vs grob". 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 #1,916,978 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.