Which to use
“grained” is an adjective and “grazed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,417
- “grained” frequency rank
- #33,259
- “grazed” frequency rank
- 65676
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grained | grazed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having a grain or grains. | simple past and past participle of graze |
Letter map: grained vs grazed
Shared letters muted; letters that set grained and grazed apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - grained and grazed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grained is anadjective and grazedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65676, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grained is recorded at frequency rank #32,417, classified as anadj. grazed is at rank #33,259, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɡɹeɪzd/.
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 65676, this pair ranks #71,584 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grained vs grazed
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "grained": in. Private to "grazed": z.
"grained" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "grazed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grained" and "grazed" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grained" vs "grazed" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "grained" vs "grazed" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "grained" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grazed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,584 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grained" and "grazed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glazer vs grazed". 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 #71,584 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.