Which to use
“gran” is an adjective and “lemon” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,386
- “gran” frequency rank
- #32,151
- “lemon” frequency rank
- 45537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gran | lemon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | groß, hochgewachsen | Zitrone |
Letter map: gran vs lemon
Shared letters muted; letters that set gran and lemon apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. gran runs 4 letters (CCVC) against lemon's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - gran and lemon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gran is anadjective and lemonanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gran is recorded at frequency rank #13,386, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. lemon is at rank #32,151, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 45537, this pair ranks #1,349,671 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gran vs lemon
Shared letters: n. Private to "gran": agr. Private to "lemon": elmo.
"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "lemon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gran" for "lemon" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "gran" or "lemon" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "gran" and "lemon". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "gran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lemon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,349,671 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gran" and "lemon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lemon 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 #1,349,671 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.