Which to use
“graine” is a noun and “grand” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,419
- “graine” frequency rank
- #136
- “grand” frequency rank
- 11555
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | graine | grand |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Organe reproducteur des spermaphytes, formé par l’ovule fécondé et arrivé à maturité, contenant un embryon avec des réserves nutritives et protégé par un tégument. | De dimensions (hauteur/taille, longueur, profondeur, etc.) importantes, qui dépassent celles de ses semblables, ou de longue durée. Par exemple, de volume supérieur à la moyenne (ou normale) des individus de même espèce et sexe et d’âge similaire. |
Where the eye mixes graine and grand
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. graine runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against grand's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between graine and grand
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: graine is \ɡʁɛn\ while grand is \ɡʁɑ̃\. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11555, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
graine is recorded at frequency rank #11,419, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɛn\. grand is at rank #136, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁɑ̃\.
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 11555, this pair ranks #408,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of graine vs grand
Shared letters: agnr. Private to "graine": ei. Private to "grand": d.
"graine" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "grand" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "graine" and "grand" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "graine" or "grand" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "graine" and "grand" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "graine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grand" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "graine" and "grand" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Graeme vs graine". 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 #408,731 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.