granvsseatConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#13,386
“gran” frequency rank
#14,927
“seat” frequency rank
28313
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gran seat
Definition groß, hochgewachsen Sitz in einem Auto, Sitzplatz in öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln oder im Theater

Letter map: gran vs seat

Shared letters muted; letters that set gran and seat apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. gran (CCVC) and seat (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
gran
4 ch
seat

Role in the sentence - gran and seat

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gran is anadjective and seatanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gran is recorded at frequency rank #13,386, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. seat is at rank #14,927, 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 28313, this pair ranks #1,787,002 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gran vs seat

Shared letters: a. Private to "gran": gnr. Private to "seat": est.

"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "seat" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • granggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan
  • seatsaet · seatt · seta · sseat

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gran" for "seat" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gran" is an adjective and "seat" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "gran" vs "seat" - which ranks higher?
"gran" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,386 in our German list, against #14,927 for "seat". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "gran" vs "seat" 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 "seat" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,787,002 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gran" and "seat" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs seat". 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 #1,787,002 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