Which to use
“gran” is an adjective and “gun” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,731
- “gran” frequency rank
- #22,665
- “gun” frequency rank
- 33396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gran | gun |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | grão/grã, forma reduzida de grande; usa-se somente anteposto ao substantivo. | que |
Letter map: gran vs gun
Shared letters muted; letters that set gran and gun apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. gran runs 4 letters (CCVC) against gun's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for gran / gun
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gran is anadjective and gunaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gran is recorded at frequency rank #10,731, classified as anadj. gun is at rank #22,665, tagged as aconj.
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 33396, this pair ranks #34,145 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gran vs gun
Shared letters: gn. Private to "gran": ar. Private to "gun": u.
"gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "gun" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gran ← garn · ggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gran" for "gun" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gran" vs "gun" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "gran" vs "gun" 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 "gun" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,145 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gran" and "gun" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grua vs gun". 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 #34,145 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.