grand

//ɡʁɑ̃// adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,666

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

grand is anSpanishadj. It means: Grande. Pronounced /ɡʁɑ̃/. It ranks #8,666 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gray and Grau.

Key facts for grand
PropertyValue
Headwordgrand
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ɡʁɑ̃/
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,666
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for grand is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡʁɑ̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,666 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Grande.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for grand, with forms such as "garnd", "ggrand", and "gradn". 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, "gray", "Grau", "Gras", 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 grand, spelled G-R-A-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garnd,ggrand,gradn,grandd,grannd,grnad,grrand,rgand

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grand

Misspelling Variants of "grand"

garnd5ggrand6gradn5grandd6grannd6grnad5grrand6rgand5
Misspelling Variants of "grand"

Frequency rank: #8,666 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grand"?
"grand" is spelled G-R-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡʁɑ̃/.
What does "grand" mean?
As an adj, "grand" means: Grande.
What words are commonly confused with "grand"?
"grand" is commonly confused with "gray", "Grau", "Gras". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grand" is /ɡʁɑ̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grand" come from?
"grand" 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.