Which to use
“grasse” is a noun and “grassy” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,365
- “grasse” frequency rank
- #21,230
- “grassy” frequency rank
- 70595
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grasse | grassy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete form of grass. | Covered with grass. |
Letter map: grasse vs grassy
Shared letters muted; letters that set grasse and grassy apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. grasse and grassy follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for grasse / grassy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grasse is anoun and grassyanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “grasse” becomes y in “grassy”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grasse is recorded at frequency rank #49,365, classified as anoun. grassy is at rank #21,230, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈɡɹæsi/.
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 70595, this pair ranks #49,951 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grasse vs grassy
Shared letters: agrs. Private to "grasse": e. Private to "grassy": y.
"grasse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "grassy" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grasse" and "grassy" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "grasse" or "grassy"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "grasse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grassy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,951 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grasse" and "grassy" 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 #49,951 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.