Which to use
“grasses” and “grises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,764
- “grasses” frequency rank
- #19,036
- “grises” frequency rank
- 37800
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grasses | grises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de gras. | Féminin pluriel de gris. |
Where the eye mixes grasses and grises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between grasses and grises
A purely visual mix-up. grasses (\ɡʁas\) and grises (\ɡʁiz\) 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 37800, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grasses is recorded at frequency rank #18,764, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁas\. grises is at rank #19,036, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁiz\.
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 37800, this pair ranks #259,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grasses vs grises
Shared letters: egrs. Private to "grasses": a. Private to "grises": i.
"grasses" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "grises" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grasses" and "grises" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "grasses" or "grises"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "grasses" and "grises" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grasses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #259,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grasses" and "grises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graisser vs grasses". 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 #259,849 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.