granvsgrautWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#13,386
“gran” frequency rank
#46,707
“graut” frequency rank
60093
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gran graut
Definition groß, hochgewachsen 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grauen

Letter map: gran vs graut

Shared letters muted; letters that set gran and graut apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
gran
5 ch
graut

Grammar separator: gran vs graut

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gran is anadjective and grautaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gran is recorded at frequency rank #13,386, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. graut is at rank #46,707, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡʁaʊ̯t].

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 60093, this pair ranks #799,865 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gran vs graut

Shared letters: agr. Private to "gran": n. Private to "graut": tu.

"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "graut" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • granggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan
  • grautgarut · ggraut · gratu · grautt · grraut · gruat · rgaut

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gran" and "graut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gran" is an adjective and "graut" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gran" or "graut"?
"gran" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,386 in our German list, against #46,707 for "graut". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "gran" and "graut". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "graut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #799,865 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gran" and "graut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graut 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 #799,865 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