Which to use
“grande” is an adjective and “granja” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #100
- “grande” frequency rank
- #18,342
- “granja” frequency rank
- 18442
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grande | granja |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem dimensões mais que ordinárias | local de criação de aves para abate e produção de ovos |
Where the eye mixes grande and granja
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. grande and granja follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between grande and granja
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grande is ˈgɾɐ̃n.d͡ʒɪ while granja is /ˈɡɐ̃ɾ.ʒɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grande is recorded at frequency rank #100, classified as anadj, pronounced ˈgɾɐ̃n.d͡ʒɪ. granja is at rank #18,342, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɐ̃ɾ.ʒɐ/.
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 18442, this pair ranks #52,539 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grande vs granja
Shared letters: agnr. Private to "grande": de. Private to "granja": j.
"grande" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "granja" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grande" and "granja" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "grande" or "granja"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "grande" and "granja" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "granja" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,539 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grande" and "granja" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gralha vs granja". 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 #52,539 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.