Which to use
“gran” is an adjective and “lets” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,386
- “gran” frequency rank
- #18,317
- “lets” frequency rank
- 31703
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gran | lets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | groß, hochgewachsen | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs let |
Letter map: gran vs lets
Shared letters muted; letters that set gran and lets apart highlighted. No shared letter run. gran (CCVC) and lets (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - gran and lets
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gran is anadjective and letsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gran is recorded at frequency rank #13,386, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. lets is at rank #18,317, tagged as averb, 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 31703, this pair ranks #1,722,843 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gran vs lets
Shared letters: none. Private to "gran": agnr. Private to "lets": elst.
"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "lets" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gran" and "lets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "gran" or "lets" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "gran" vs "lets" 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 "lets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,722,843 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gran" and "lets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lets 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 #1,722,843 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.