Which to use
“grass” is a noun and “grasses” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,828
- “grass” frequency rank
- #18,764
- “grasses” frequency rank
- 57592
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grass | grasses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Herbe. | Féminin pluriel de gras. |
Where the eye mixes grass and grasses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between grass and grasses
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grass is \ɡɹɑːs\ while grasses is \ɡʁas\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “grass” sits inside “grasses”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grass is recorded at frequency rank #38,828, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɹɑːs\. grasses is at rank #18,764, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁas\.
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 57592, this pair ranks #114,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grass vs grasses
Shared letters: agrs. Private to "grass": -. Private to "grasses": e.
"grass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "grasses" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grass" and "grasses" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grass" vs "grasses" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "grass" and "grasses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grasses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grass" and "grasses" 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 #114,105 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.