Which to use
“grâce” and “gran” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #417
- “grâce” frequency rank
- #18,497
- “gran” frequency rank
- 18914
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grâce | gran |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui plaît dans les attitudes, les manières, les discours : Un certain agrément, un certain charme indéfinissable. | Mamie, grand-mère. |
Where the eye mixes grâce and gran
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses grâce with gran
A purely visual mix-up. grâce (\ɡʁɑs\) and gran (\ɡræn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18914, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grâce is recorded at frequency rank #417, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɑs\. gran is at rank #18,497, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡræn\.
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 18914, this pair ranks #375,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grâce vs gran
Shared letters: gr. Private to "grâce": ceâ. Private to "gran": an.
"grâce" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gran ← garn · ggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grâce" and "gran" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grâce" vs "gran" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "grâce" and "gran" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grâce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grâce" and "gran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glane vs gran". 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 #375,957 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.