granvsGrazTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#13,386
“gran” frequency rank
#3,741
“Graz” frequency rank
17127
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gran Graz
Definition groß, hochgewachsen Landeshauptstadt des österreichischen Bundeslandes Steiermark

Letter map: gran vs Graz

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

4 ch
gran
4 ch
Graz

Part-of-speech tell for gran / Graz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gran is anadjective and Grazaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - n in “gran” becomes z in “Graz”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17127, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gran is recorded at frequency rank #13,386, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Graz is at rank #3,741, tagged as aname, pronounced [ɡʁaːt͡s].

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 17127, this pair ranks #1,930,134 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gran vs Graz

Shared letters: agr. Private to "gran": n. Private to "Graz": z.

"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "Graz" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • granggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan
  • Grazgarz · ggraz · grazz · grraz · grza · rgaz

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gran" and "Graz" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gran" is an adjective and "Graz" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "gran" vs "Graz" - which ranks higher?
"Graz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,741 in our German list, against #13,386 for "gran". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "gran" vs "Graz" 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 "Graz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,930,134 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gran" and "Graz" 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 #1,930,134 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