grobesvsgroupsTell them apart

Quick tell: grobes is a adjective, groups is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“grobes” is an adjective and “groups” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,216
“grobes” frequency rank
#38,155
“groups” frequency rank
79371
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grobes groups
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grob Plural des Substantivs group

Letter map: grobes vs groups

Shared letters muted; letters that set grobes and groups apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
grobes
6 ch
groups

Part-of-speech tell for grobes / groups

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grobes is anadjective and groupsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grobes is recorded at frequency rank #41,216, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡʁoːbəs]. groups is at rank #38,155, 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 79371, this pair ranks #217,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of grobes vs groups

Shared letters: gors. Private to "grobes": be. Private to "groups": pu.

"grobes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "groups" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grobesggrobes · gorbes · grboes · grobbes · grobess · grobse · groebs · grrobes
  • groupsggroups · gorups · gropus · groupps · groupss · grousp · grroups · gruops

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "grobes" and "groups" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "grobes" is an adjective and "groups" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "grobes" vs "groups" - which ranks higher?
"groups" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,155 in our German list, against #41,216 for "grobes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "grobes" and "groups". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "grobes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "groups" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #217,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grobes" and "groups" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gries vs grobes". 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 #217,875 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