Which to use
“grained” is an adjective and “grasped” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,417
- “grained” frequency rank
- #28,224
- “grasped” frequency rank
- 60641
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grained | grasped |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having a grain or grains. | simple past and past participle of grasp |
Letter map: grained vs grasped
Shared letters muted; letters that set grained and grasped apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for grained / grasped
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grained is anadjective and graspedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grained is recorded at frequency rank #32,417, classified as anadj. grasped is at rank #28,224, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɡɹæspt/.
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 60641, this pair ranks #99,032 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grained vs grasped
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "grained": in. Private to "grasped": ps.
"grained" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "grasped" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grained" for "grasped" ever safe?
Frequency check: "grained" vs "grasped" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "grained" and "grasped".
- Full dictionary entry for "grained" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grasped" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,032 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grained" and "grasped" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grasped vs grasse". 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 #99,032 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.