giravsgranTell them apart

Quick tell: gira is a noun, gran is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gira” is a noun and “gran” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,741
“gira” frequency rank
#10,731
“gran” frequency rank
16472
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gira gran
Definition ato de girar, de passear; passeio grão/grã, forma reduzida de grande; usa-se somente anteposto ao substantivo.

Letter map: gira vs gran

Shared letters muted; letters that set gira and gran apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
gira
4 ch
gran

Role in the sentence - gira and gran

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gira is anoun and grananadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gira is recorded at frequency rank #5,741, classified as anoun. gran is at rank #10,731, tagged as anadj.

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 16472, this pair ranks #55,045 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gira vs gran

Shared letters: agr. Private to "gira": i. Private to "gran": n.

"gira" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • giraggira · giar · girra · gria · igra
  • grangarn · ggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "gira" and "gran" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gira" is a noun and "gran" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gira" or "gran"?
"gira" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,741 in our Portuguese list, against #10,731 for "gran". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "gira" and "gran". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gira" 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 #55,045 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gira" and "gran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gran vs grip". 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 #55,045 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list