Which to use
“grasped” is a verb and “grasse” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,224
- “grasped” frequency rank
- #49,365
- “grasse” frequency rank
- 77589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grasped | grasse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of grasp | Obsolete form of grass. |
Letter map: grasped vs grasse
Shared letters muted; letters that set grasped and grasse apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. grasped runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against grasse's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - grasped and grasse
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grasped is averb and grasseanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grasped is recorded at frequency rank #28,224, classified as averb, pronounced /ɡɹæspt/. 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 77589, this pair ranks #26,846 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grasped vs grasse
Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "grasped": dp. Private to "grasse": -.
"grasped" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "grasse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "grasped" 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 #26,846 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grasped" 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 #26,846 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.