greatvsgrtWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“great” and “grt” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#138
“great” frequency rank
#46,494
“grt” frequency rank
46632
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature great grt
Definition Taking much space; large. Abbreviation of great.

Letter map: great vs grt

Shared letters muted; letters that set great and grt apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
great
3 ch
grt

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

great and grt are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

great is recorded at frequency rank #138, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪt/. grt is at rank #46,494, tagged as anadj.

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 46632, this pair ranks #209,917 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of great vs grt

Shared letters: grt. Private to "great": ae. Private to "grt": -.

"great" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC  ·  "grt" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • greatgerat · ggreat · graet · greatt · grreat · rgeat

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "great" and "grt" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "great" or "grt"?
"great" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #138 in our English list, against #46,494 for "grt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list