Which to use
“gran” and “great” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,731
- “gran” frequency rank
- #8,059
- “great” frequency rank
- 18790
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gran | great |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | grão/grã, forma reduzida de grande; usa-se somente anteposto ao substantivo. | fantástico, de ótima qualidade |
Letter map: gran vs great
Shared letters muted; letters that set gran and great apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. gran runs 4 letters (CCVC) against great's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - gran / great
gran and great are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18790, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gran is recorded at frequency rank #10,731, classified as anadj. great is at rank #8,059, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɡɹeɪt/.
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 18790, this pair ranks #52,116 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gran vs great
Shared letters: agr. Private to "gran": n. Private to "great": et.
"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "great" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gran" and "great" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "gran" or "great" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "gran" and "great".
- Full dictionary entry for "gran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "great" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,116 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gran" and "great" 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 #52,116 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.