Which to use
“grandes” and “granulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #647
- “grandes” frequency rank
- #45,083
- “granulés” frequency rank
- 45730
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grandes | granulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de grand. | Masculin pluriel de granulé. |
Where the eye mixes grandes and granulés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. grandes runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against granulés's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses grandes with granulés
A purely visual mix-up. grandes (\ɡʁɑ̃d\) and granulés (\ɡʁa.ny.le\) 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 45730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grandes is recorded at frequency rank #647, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁɑ̃d\. granulés is at rank #45,083, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁa.ny.le\.
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 45730, this pair ranks #200,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grandes vs granulés
Shared letters: agnrs. Private to "grandes": de. Private to "granulés": lué.
"grandes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "granulés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- grandes ← garndes · ggrandes · gradnes · granddes · grandess · grandse · graneds · granndes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grandes" for "granulés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "grandes" or "granulés"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "grandes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "granulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grandes" and "granulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "granges vs granulés". 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 #200,466 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.