Which to use
“grandi” and “grandis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,764
- “grandi” frequency rank
- #20,746
- “grandis” frequency rank
- 25510
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grandi | grandis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de grandir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de grandir. |
Same sound, different letters: grandi vs grandis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. grandi runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against grandis's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - grandi / grandis
This is the hard kind. grandi and grandis are pronounced identically (\ɡʁɑ̃.di\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “grandi” sits inside “grandis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25510, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grandi is recorded at frequency rank #4,764, classified as averb, pronounced \ɡʁɑ̃.di\. 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 25510, this pair ranks #340,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grandi vs grandis
Shared letters: adginr. Private to "grandi": -. Private to "grandis": s.
"grandi" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "grandis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grandi" and "grandis" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "grandi" or "grandis" show up more?
What to do next
"grandi" and "grandis" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "grandi" 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 #340,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grandi" and "grandis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gradés vs grandis". 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 #340,450 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.