Which to use
“great” and “grey” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,059
- “great” frequency rank
- #9,689
- “grey” frequency rank
- 17748
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | great | grey |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fantástico, de ótima qualidade | cinza, cinzento |
Where the eye mixes great and grey
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: great vs grey
A purely visual mix-up. great (/ɡɹeɪt/) and grey (/'greɪ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
great is recorded at frequency rank #8,059, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɡɹeɪt/. grey is at rank #9,689, tagged as anadj, 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 17748, this pair ranks #53,420 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of great vs grey
Shared letters: egr. Private to "great": at. Private to "grey": y.
"great" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "grey" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "great" and "grey" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "great" or "grey"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "great" and "grey" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "great" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grey" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,420 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "great" and "grey" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grey 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 #53,420 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.