granvsmotocrossConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#13,386
“gran” frequency rank
#49,906
“motocross” frequency rank
63292
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gran motocross
Definition groß, hochgewachsen Motocross

Letter map: gran vs motocross

Shared letters muted; letters that set gran and motocross apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. gran runs 4 letters (CCVC) against motocross's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
gran
9 ch
motocross

Role in the sentence - gran and motocross

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gran is anadjective and motocrossanoun. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63292, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gran is recorded at frequency rank #13,386, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. motocross is at rank #49,906, 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 63292, this pair ranks #681,970 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gran vs motocross

Shared letters: r. Private to "gran": agn. Private to "motocross": cmost.

"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "motocross" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gran ← ggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan
  • motocross ← mmotocross · mootcross · motcoross · motoccross · motocorss · motocros · motocroß · motocrross

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gran" for "motocross" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gran" is an adjective and "motocross" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gran" or "motocross"?
"gran" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,386 in our German list, against #49,906 for "motocross". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "gran" vs "motocross" 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 "motocross" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #681,970 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gran" and "motocross" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motocross 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 #681,970 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