grade

[ɡɹeɪd]

/[ɡɹeɪd]/ noun

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The verdict

“grade” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,970. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,970
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Schul-)Note

Corpus desk

Index DE-grade · grade · German

grade · rank #1,970 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,970
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH heiligen

Nearest frequency peer: heiligen (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „grade“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „grade“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grade vs Graf
40% similar
grade vs Graz
40% similar
grade vs Gras
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grade
PropertyValue
Headwordgrade
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡɹeɪd]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,970
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „grade“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).gradeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „heiligen“ (#1,971), „geändert“ (#1,968), „Information“ (#1,972). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grade“ bei #1,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around grade (IPA [ɡɹeɪd]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,970 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Schul-)Note".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for grade, with forms such as "ggrade", "gradde", and "graed". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Graf", "Graz", "Gras", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is grade, spelled G-R-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Schul-)Note

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how grade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Grades are very important to her.

This word in other languages

note(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrade
  • gradde
  • graed
  • grdae
  • grrade
  • rgade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grade - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ggrade1gradde1graed2grdae2grrade1rgade2
Edit distance from "grade"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grade"?
"grade" is spelled G-R-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡɹeɪd].
What does "grade" mean?
As a noun, "grade" means: (Schul-)Note
What words are commonly confused with "grade"?
"grade" is commonly confused with "Graf", "Graz", "Gras". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grade" is [ɡɹeɪd]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grade" come from?
"grade" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grade", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

legte#1,977Pause#1,984Regen#1,987Zweck#1,953

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Feld6 variantstrat6 variantsHolz6 variantsBerg6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list