Which to use
“glands” is a noun and “grandis” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,628
- “glands” frequency rank
- #20,746
- “grandis” frequency rank
- 51374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glands | grandis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de gland. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de grandir. |
Where the eye mixes glands and grandis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. glands runs 6 letters (CCVCCC) against grandis's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: glands vs grandis
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: glands is \ɡlɑ̃\ while grandis is \ɡʁɑ̃.di\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glands is recorded at frequency rank #30,628, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡlɑ̃\. grandis is at rank #20,746, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡʁɑ̃.di\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 51374, this pair ranks #155,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of glands vs grandis
Shared letters: adgns. Private to "glands": l. Private to "grandis": ir.
"glands" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "grandis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "glands" and "grandis" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "glands" or "grandis"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "glands" and "grandis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "glands" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grandis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glands" and "grandis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glands vs glane". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #155,510 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.