gran
\ɡræn\
The verdict
“gran” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,497. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,497
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mamie, grand-mère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gran · gran · French
gran · rank #18,497 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,497
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gradins
Nearest frequency peer: gradins (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gran »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- generation
generation
81,507 corpus weight
- gilets
gilets
81,506 corpus weight
- gradins
gradins
81,505 corpus weight
- gran
gran
81,504 corpus weight
- graphiste
graphiste
81,503 corpus weight
- guidée
guidée
81,502 corpus weight
What this shows « gran » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gran |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡræn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gran »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around gran (IPA \ɡræn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,497 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mamie, grand-mère.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gran, with forms such as "garn", "ggran", and "grann". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gré", "gun", "GRC", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gran, spelled G-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1Mamie, grand-mère.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- garn
- ggran
- grann
- grna
- grran
- rgan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gran - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).