granvsvictoryWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#13,386
“gran” frequency rank
#33,383
“victory” frequency rank
46769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gran victory
Definition groß, hochgewachsen Sieg

Letter map: gran vs victory

Shared letters muted; letters that set gran and victory apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. gran runs 4 letters (CCVC) against victory's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
gran
7 ch
victory

Part-of-speech tell for gran / victory

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gran is anadjective and victoryanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gran is recorded at frequency rank #13,386, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. victory is at rank #33,383, 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 46769, this pair ranks #1,307,654 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gran vs victory

Shared letters: r. Private to "gran": agn. Private to "victory": ciotvy.

"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "victory" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • granggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan
  • victoryivctory · vcitory · vicctory · vicotry · victorry · victoryy · victoyr · victroy

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gran" and "victory" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gran" is an adjective and "victory" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "gran" or "victory" show up more?
"gran" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,386 in our German list, against #33,383 for "victory". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "gran" and "victory". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "victory" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,307,654 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gran" and "victory" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs victory". 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 #1,307,654 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