Which to use
“grass” and “grau” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,828
- “grass” frequency rank
- #41,808
- “grau” frequency rank
- 80636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grass | grau |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Herbe. | Chenal qui relie une étendue d’eau à la mer. |
Where the eye mixes grass and grau
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. grass runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against grau's 4 (CCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between grass and grau
A purely visual mix-up. grass (\ɡɹɑːs\) and grau (\ɡʁo\) 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 80636, 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\. grau is at rank #41,808, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁo\.
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 80636, this pair ranks #20,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grass vs grau
Shared letters: agr. Private to "grass": s. Private to "grau": u.
"grass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "grau" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grass" and "grau" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grass" vs "grau" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "grass" and "grau" 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 "grau" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grass" and "grau" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grau vs grow". 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 #20,492 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.