grass

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The verdict

“grass” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,648
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gras, Rasen

Corpus desk

Index DE-grass · grass · German

grass · rank #15,648 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,648
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gewohnheiten

Nearest frequency peer: Gewohnheiten (-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 „grass“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „grass“ 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).

grass vs Graz
40% similar
grass vs grau
60% similar
grass vs gray
60% similar

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

Key facts for grass
PropertyValue
Headwordgrass
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,648
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „grass“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.grassliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Gewohnheiten“ (#15,647), „Grundwasser“ (#15,649), „getrennten“ (#15,646). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grass“ bei #15,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around grass (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,648 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for grass, with forms such as "garss", "ggrass", and "graß". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Graz", "grau", "gray", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 grass, spelled G-R-A-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gras, Rasen
  2. 2
    Gras, Marihuana

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Keep off the grass!

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garss
  • ggrass
  • graß
  • grrass
  • grsas
  • rgass

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grass - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

garss2ggrass1graß2grrass1grsas2rgass2
Edit distance from "grass"

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

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

Same letter count

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

Geige#15,639Ionen#15,664Katar#15,668kings#15,669

Similar misspelling depth

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

hold6 variantsEssig6 variantsMeile6 variantspeace6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list