Which to use
“gran” is an adjective and “gray” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,731
- “gran” frequency rank
- #10,365
- “gray” frequency rank
- 21096
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gran | gray |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | grão/grã, forma reduzida de grande; usa-se somente anteposto ao substantivo. | unidade no Sistema Internacional de medidas, representado por Gy, que representa a quantidade de energia de radiação ionizante absorvida (ou dose) por unidade de massa, e é definido como a quantidade que deposita 1 joule (J) de energia por quilograma (kg) do meio absorvedor, sendo 1 Gy = 1 J/kg |
Letter map: gran vs gray
Shared letters muted; letters that set gran and gray apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for gran / gray
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gran is anadjective and grayanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - n in “gran” becomes y in “gray”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gran is recorded at frequency rank #10,731, classified as anadj. gray is at rank #10,365, tagged as anoun, pronounced /'greɪ/.
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 21096, this pair ranks #49,255 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gran vs gray
Shared letters: agr. Private to "gran": n. Private to "gray": y.
"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "gray" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gran" and "gray" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "gran" or "gray"?
What to do next
Pair "gran" vs "gray" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "gran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gray" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,255 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gran" and "gray" 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 #49,255 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.