Which to use
“glad” and “grand” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,342
- “glad” frequency rank
- #1,306
- “grand” frequency rank
- 2648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glad | grand |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pleased; happy; gratified. | Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional |
Where the eye mixes glad and grand
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. glad (/ɡlæd/) and grand (/ɡɹænd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glad is recorded at frequency rank #1,342, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɡlæd/. grand is at rank #1,306, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɡɹænd/.
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 2648, this pair ranks #524,422 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of glad vs grand
Shared letters: adg. Private to "glad": l. Private to "grand": nr.
"glad" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "grand" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC