Which to use
“Gral” is a noun and “gran” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,617
- “Gral” frequency rank
- #13,386
- “gran” frequency rank
- 47003
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gral | gran |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine geheimnisvolle, wundervolle Schale, aus Stein oder Kristall, die immer nur Auserwählten oder Berufenen sichtbar ist | groß, hochgewachsen |
Letter map: Gral vs gran
Shared letters muted; letters that set Gral and gran apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Gral and gran follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for Gral / gran
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Gral is anoun and grananadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “Gral” becomes n in “gran”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gral is recorded at frequency rank #33,617, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡʁaːl]. gran is at rank #13,386, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].
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 47003, this pair ranks #1,299,605 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Gral vs gran
Shared letters: agr. Private to "Gral": l. Private to "gran": n.
"Gral" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "Gral" vs "gran" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Gral" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,299,605 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Gral" and "gran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gao vs Gral". 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 #1,299,605 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.