Gras

/[ɡʁaːs]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,274

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Gras is aGermannoun. It means: einkeimblättrige Pflanze mit unscheinbaren Blüten und langen, schmalen und meist grünen Blättern (einzelnes Exemplar, einzelne Art oder Gesamtheit) Pronounced [ɡʁaːs]. It ranks #4,274 in German word frequency. Often confused with gs and GUS.

Key facts for Gras
PropertyValue
HeadwordGras
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡʁaːs]
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,274
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Gras in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gras is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡʁaːs]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,274 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gras, with forms such as "gars", "ggras", and "grras". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gs", "GUS", "grün", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Gras, spelled G-R-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einkeimblättrige Pflanze mit unscheinbaren Blüten und langen, schmalen und meist grünen Blättern (einzelnes Exemplar, einzelne Art oder Gesamtheit)
  2. 2
    mehrheitlich aus Gräsern bestehende Pflanzendecke
  3. 3
    berauschendes Produkt aus Cannabis (Marihuana)
  4. 4
    Spielkartenfarbe im deutschen Blatt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gars,ggras,grras,grsa,rgas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gras

Misspelling Variants of "Gras"

gars4ggras5grras5grsa4rgas4
Misspelling Variants of "Gras"

Frequency rank: #4,274 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gras"?
"Gras" is spelled G-R-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁaːs].
What does "Gras" mean?
As a noun, "Gras" means: einkeimblättrige Pflanze mit unscheinbaren Blüten und langen, schmalen und meist grünen Blättern (einzelnes Exemplar, einzelne Art oder Gesamtheit)
What words are commonly confused with "Gras"?
"Gras" is commonly confused with "gs", "GUS", "grün". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gras"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gras" is [ɡʁaːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gras" come from?
"Gras" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.