gramsvsgrasseWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“grams” and “grasse” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,339
“grams” frequency rank
#49,365
“grasse” frequency rank
58704
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grams grasse
Definition plural of gram Obsolete form of grass.

Letter map: grams vs grasse

Shared letters muted; letters that set grams and grasse apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. grams runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against grasse's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
grams
6 ch
grasse

Corpus notes: grams and grasse

grams and grasse are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58704, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grams is recorded at frequency rank #9,339, classified as anoun. grasse is at rank #49,365, tagged as anoun.

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 58704, this pair ranks #110,850 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of grams vs grasse

Shared letters: agrs. Private to "grams": m. Private to "grasse": e.

"grams" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "grasse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grams ← garms · ggrams · gramms · gramss · grasm · grmas · grrams · rgams
  • grasse ← garsse · ggrasse · grase · grases · grrasse · grsase · rgasse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "grams" and "grasse" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "grams" vs "grasse" - which ranks higher?
"grams" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,339 in our English list, against #49,365 for "grasse". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "grams" vs "grasse" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "grams" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "grasse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #110,850 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grams" and "grasse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grasse vs grosser". 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 #110,850 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list