Which to use
“gran” and “grande” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,386
- “gran” frequency rank
- #12,294
- “grande” frequency rank
- 25680
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gran | grande |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | groß, hochgewachsen | Singular Femininum des Adjektivs grand |
Letter map: gran vs grande
Shared letters muted; letters that set gran and grande apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. gran runs 4 letters (CCVC) against grande's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - gran / grande
gran and grande are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “gran” sits inside “grande”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gran is recorded at frequency rank #13,386, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. grande is at rank #12,294, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡʁɑ̃d].
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 25680, this pair ranks #1,829,627 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gran vs grande
Shared letters: agnr. Private to "gran": -. Private to "grande": de.
"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "grande" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gran" and "grande" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "gran" vs "grande" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "gran" and "grande". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "gran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grande" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,829,627 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gran" and "grande" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gran vs puzzles". 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 #1,829,627 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.