Which to use
“Glas” and “grass” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,969
- “Glas” frequency rank
- #38,828
- “grass” frequency rank
- 67797
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Glas | grass |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Verre, la matière (sans ou avec pluriel, cf. note et exemples). | Herbe. |
Where the eye mixes Glas and grass
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Glas runs 4 letters (CCVC) against grass's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between Glas and grass
A purely visual mix-up. Glas (\ˈɡlaːs\) and grass (\ɡɹɑːs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67797, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Glas is recorded at frequency rank #28,969, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈɡlaːs\. grass is at rank #38,828, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɹɑːs\.
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 67797, this pair ranks #61,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Glas vs grass
Shared letters: ags. Private to "Glas": l. Private to "grass": r.
"Glas" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "grass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Glas" for "grass" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Glas" or "grass"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Glas" and "grass" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Glas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grass" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Glas" and "grass" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graf vs grass". 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 #61,887 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.