Which to use
“grasse” and “grouse” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,365
- “grasse” frequency rank
- #24,178
- “grouse” frequency rank
- 73543
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grasse | grouse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete form of grass. | Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. |
Letter map: grasse vs grouse
Shared letters muted; letters that set grasse and grouse apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Corpus notes: grasse and grouse
grasse and grouse 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grasse is recorded at frequency rank #49,365, classified as anoun. grouse is at rank #24,178, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹaʊs/.
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 73543, this pair ranks #39,277 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grasse vs grouse
Shared letters: egrs. Private to "grasse": a. Private to "grouse": ou.
"grasse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "grouse" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "grasse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grouse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,277 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grasse" and "grouse" 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 #39,277 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.