# grand

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɡɹænd/ · frequency rank #1,306

## Definitions
1. Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
2. Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
3. Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
4. Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
5. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
6. Fine; lovely.
7. Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.

## Etymology
From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.

## Easily confused with
- **gray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-gray)
- **grid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-grid)
- **grin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-grin)
- **Gras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-gras)
- **guan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-guan)
- **guard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-guard)
- **grant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-grant)
- **grass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-grass)
- **grave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-grave)
- **graph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-graph)
- **grasp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-grasp)
- **grind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-grind)
- **greed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-greed)
- **grape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-grape)
- **gravy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-gravy)
- **grate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-grate)
- **grunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-grunt)
- **groan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-groan)
- **graze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-graze)
- **grays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-grays)

## Common misspellings (8)
`garnd`, `ggrand`, `gradn`, `grandd`, `grannd`, `grnad`, `grrand`, `rgand`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/grand