gran
The verdict
“gran” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,731
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grão/grã, forma reduzida de grande; usa-se somente anteposto ao substantivo.
Corpus desk
Index PT-gran · gran · Portuguese
gran · rank #10,731 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,731
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH gatinho
Nearest frequency peer: gatinho (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “gran”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- folclore
folclore
89,278 corpus weight
- gatinho
gatinho
89,271 corpus weight
- gran
gran
89,270 corpus weight
- head
head
89,266 corpus weight
- hulk
hulk
89,265 corpus weight
- internamente
internamente
89,263 corpus weight
What this shows “gran” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gran |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “gran”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around gran, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,731 among 521 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "grão/grã, forma reduzida de grande; usa-se somente anteposto ao substantivo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gran, with forms such as "garn", "ggran", and "grann". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gun", "grau", "grão", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is gran, spelled G-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1grão/grã, forma reduzida de grande; usa-se somente anteposto ao substantivo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gran appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ye una gran casa
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- garn
- ggran
- grann
- grna
- grran
- rgan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gran - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).