# grainy vs gran

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### grainy
*adjective · IPA /ˈɡɹeɪni/ · frequency rank #35,316*
Resembling grains; granular.

### gran
*noun · IPA /ɡɹæn/ · frequency rank #16,245*
A grandmother.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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