# gran vs grey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### grey
*adjective · IPA /ɡɹeɪ/ · frequency rank #3,105*
Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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