grand
[ɡrɑ̃]
The verdict
“grand” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,205
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von überdurchschnittlicher Höhe: groß, hoch
Corpus desk
Index DE-grand · grand · German
grand · rank #4,205 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,205
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Geschenke
Nearest frequency peer: Geschenke (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „grand“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gerichte
Gerichte
95,799 corpus weight
- geschah
geschah
95,798 corpus weight
- Geschenke
Geschenke
95,797 corpus weight
- grand
grand
95,796 corpus weight
- group
group
95,795 corpus weight
- Grundschule
Grundschule
95,794 corpus weight
What this shows „grand“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡrɑ̃] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „grand“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around grand (IPA [ɡrɑ̃]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,205 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for grand, with forms such as "garnd", "ggrand", and "gradn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grün", "Graz", "Gras", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is grand, spelled G-R-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1von überdurchschnittlicher Höhe: groß, hoch
- 2groß, erwachsen
- 3von erhöhter Weite, Länge: groß
- 4von erhöhtem Volumen: groß
- 5von erhöhter Breite, Weite: groß
- 6von erhöhter Bedeutung, Einfluss: groß, bedeutend
- 7von erhöhter Bekanntheit: groß, berühmt
- 8von erhöhter Intensität: groß, stark, heftig, laut
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma sœur est plus grande que moi.
C' est déjà un grand garçon.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- garnd
- ggrand
- gradn
- grandd
- grannd
- grnad
- grrand
- rgand
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grand - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grand", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).