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Which to use

“gran” and “maduro” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,386
“gran” frequency rank
#38,270
“maduro” frequency rank
51656
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gran maduro
Definition groß, hochgewachsen ausgewachsen, erwachsen, reif

Letter map: gran vs maduro

Shared letters muted; letters that set gran and maduro apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. gran runs 4 letters (CCVC) against maduro's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
gran
6 ch
maduro

Corpus notes: gran and maduro

gran and maduro are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51656, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gran is recorded at frequency rank #13,386, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. maduro is at rank #38,270, tagged as anadj, 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 51656, this pair ranks #1,127,186 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gran vs maduro

Shared letters: ar. Private to "gran": gn. Private to "maduro": dmou.

"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "maduro" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gran ← ggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan
  • maduro ← amduro · madduro · madruo · maduor · madurro · maudro · mdauro · mmaduro

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gran" and "maduro" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "gran" or "maduro"?
"gran" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,386 in our German list, against #38,270 for "maduro". 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 "maduro" 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 "maduro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,127,186 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gran" and "maduro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maduro 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 #1,127,186 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