Which to use
“Gras” is a name and “grease” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,838
- “Gras” frequency rank
- #10,855
- “grease” frequency rank
- 29693
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gras | grease |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from French. | Animal fat in a melted or soft state. |
Letter map: Gras vs grease
Shared letters muted; letters that set Gras and grease apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Gras runs 4 letters (CCVC) against grease's 6 (CCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Gras and grease
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Gras is aname and greaseanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gras is recorded at frequency rank #18,838, classified as aname. grease is at rank #10,855, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹis/.
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 29693, this pair ranks #360,834 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Gras vs grease
Shared letters: agrs. Private to "Gras": -. Private to "grease": e.
"Gras" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "grease" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Gras" for "grease" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Pair "Gras" vs "grease" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Gras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grease" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,834 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Gras" and "grease" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gras vs grasse". 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 #360,834 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.