grano

/[ˈgɾano]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,309

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

grano is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cariópside, fruto unicarpelar; por ejemplo: grano de maíz Pronounced [ˈgɾano]. It ranks #6,309 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gray and Grau.

Key facts for grano
PropertyValue
Headwordgrano
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgɾano]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,309
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for grano is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾano]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,309 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for grano, with forms such as "garno", "ggrano", and "granno". 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 grano, spelled G-R-A-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cariópside, fruto unicarpelar; por ejemplo: grano de maíz
  2. 2
    Protuberancia en la piel producto de la acumulación de sebo y células muertas.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garno,ggrano,granno,graon,grnao,grrano,rgano

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grano

Misspelling Variants of "grano"

garno5ggrano6granno6graon5grnao5grrano6rgano5
Misspelling Variants of "grano"

Frequency rank: #6,309 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grano"?
"grano" is spelled G-R-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgɾano].
What does "grano" mean?
As a noun, "grano" means: Cariópside, fruto unicarpelar; por ejemplo: grano de maíz
What words are commonly confused with "grano"?
"grano" 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 "grano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grano" is [ˈgɾano]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grano" come from?
"grano" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.