grand
/ˈɡɹænd/adjective, noun
grand is spelled G-R-A-N-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 81 times per million words in written English, the 1,302nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, grand means “Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in grand?
| Letters | 5: G-R-A-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 81 times per million words; the 1,302nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is grand?
Grand appears 81 times per million words in written English, the 1,302nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce grand?
- UK /ˈɡɹænd/
- UK [ˈɡɹʷænd] ~ [ɡɹʷand]
- British /ˈɡɹand/
Grand has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-grand.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with grand
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with grand?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as grand from its last stressed vowel (/ænd/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of grand
- grander comparative
- more grand comparative
- grandest superlative
- most grand superlative
- grande
- grands plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grand mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
among the grandest orchestras of our time
- 2
Of a large size or extent; great.
a grand mountain
- 3
Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
a grand monarch
- 4
Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
a grand lodge
- 5
Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
grandfather, grandson, grand-child
- 6
IrelandcolloquialFine; lovely.
A cup of tea? That'd be grand.
- 7
Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
noun
- 1
A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand.
- 2
colloquialA thousand RPM.
- 3
A grand piano
- 4
A grandparent or grandchild.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate grand?
Wiktionary records 4 abbreviations of grand: G, g, gd, gee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Grand in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | groß , großartig , Groß- , Tausi |
| Spanish | grande , majestuoso , un mil, luca |
| French | grand-, petit- |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does grand come from?
From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).