gran

/[ˈgɾãn]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#108

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gran is anSpanishadj. It means: Apócope de grande. Pronounced [ˈgɾãn]. It ranks #108 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gun and gua.

Key facts for gran
PropertyValue
Headwordgran
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈgɾãn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#108
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gran in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gran is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #108 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Apócope de grande.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for gran, with forms such as "garn", "ggran", and "grann". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gun", "gua", "gris", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is gran, spelled G-R-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Apócope de grande.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garn,ggran,grann,grna,grran,rgan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gran

Misspelling Variants of "gran"

garn4ggran5grann5grna4grran5rgan4
Misspelling Variants of "gran"

Frequency rank: #108 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gran"?
"gran" is spelled G-R-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgɾãn].
What does "gran" mean?
As an adj, "gran" means: Apócope de grande.
What words are commonly confused with "gran"?
"gran" is commonly confused with "gun", "gua", "gris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gran"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gran" is [ˈgɾãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gran" come from?
"gran" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.