granvsGrundWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#13,386
“gran” frequency rank
#378
“Grund” frequency rank
13764
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gran Grund
Definition groß, hochgewachsen Ereignis, welches ein Darauffolgendes hervorgerufen hat

Letter map: gran vs Grund

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

4 ch
gran
5 ch
Grund

Grammar separator: gran vs Grund

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gran is anadjective and Grundanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gran is recorded at frequency rank #13,386, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Grund is at rank #378, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡʁʊnt].

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 13764, this pair ranks #1,955,844 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gran vs Grund

Shared letters: gnr. Private to "gran": a. Private to "Grund": du.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • granggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan
  • Grundggrund · grnud · grrund · grudn · grundd · grunnd · gurnd · rgund

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gran" and "Grund" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gran" is an adjective and "Grund" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "gran" vs "Grund" - which ranks higher?
"Grund" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #378 in our German list, against #13,386 for "gran". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "gran" vs "Grund" 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 "Grund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,955,844 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gran" and "Grund" 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 #1,955,844 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