granvsGraphWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: gran is a adjective, Graph is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gran” is an adjective and “Graph” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,386
“gran” frequency rank
#28,231
“Graph” frequency rank
41617
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gran Graph
Definition groß, hochgewachsen Visualisierung einer Funktion

Letter map: gran vs Graph

Shared letters muted; letters that set gran and Graph apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. gran runs 4 letters (CCVC) against Graph's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
gran
5 ch
Graph

Role in the sentence - gran and Graph

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gran is anadjective and Graphanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gran is recorded at frequency rank #13,386, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Graph is at rank #28,231, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡʁaːf].

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 41617, this pair ranks #1,474,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gran vs Graph

Shared letters: agr. Private to "gran": n. Private to "Graph": hp.

"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "Graph" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • granggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan
  • Graphgarph · ggraph · grahp · graphh · grapph · grpah · grraph · rgaph

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gran" and "Graph" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gran" is an adjective and "Graph" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "gran" or "Graph" show up more?
"gran" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,386 in our German list, against #28,231 for "Graph". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "gran" vs "Graph" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Graph" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,474,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gran" and "Graph" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Graph vs grave". 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 #1,474,098 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list