Which to use
“grande” is an adjective and “Gründer” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,294
- “grande” frequency rank
- #4,353
- “Gründer” frequency rank
- 16647
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grande | Gründer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Singular Femininum des Adjektivs grand | jemand, der etwas (zum Beispiel eine Organisation, einen Verlag oder eine Stadt, ein Start-up) ins Leben ruft, gründet oder gegründet hat |
Where the eye mixes grande and Gründer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. grande runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against Gründer's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between grande and Gründer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grande is [ɡʁɑ̃d] while Gründer is [ˈɡʁʏndɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grande is recorded at frequency rank #12,294, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡʁɑ̃d]. Gründer is at rank #4,353, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɡʁʏndɐ].
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 16647, this pair ranks #1,934,116 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grande vs Gründer
Shared letters: degnr. Private to "grande": a. Private to "Gründer": ü.
"grande" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "Gründer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- grande ← garnde · ggrande · gradne · grandde · graned · grannde · grnade · grrande
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grande" for "Gründer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "grande" vs "Gründer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "grande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Gründer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,934,116 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grande" and "Gründer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grande vs grave". 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 #1,934,116 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.