grama
/ˈɡɹɑːmə/
"grama" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grama” is uncommon English (frequency #71,541 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,541
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Various species of grass in the genus Bouteloua, including Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama)
Corpus desk
Index EN-grama · grama · English
grama · rank #71,541 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,541
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH GPI
Nearest frequency peer: GPI (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “grama”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Goebel
Goebel
28,465 corpus weight
- Gondwana
Gondwana
28,464 corpus weight
- gowan
gowan
28,462 corpus weight
- GPI
GPI
28,461 corpus weight
- grama
grama
28,460 corpus weight
- Grau
Grau
28,457 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “grama” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grama |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹɑːmə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “grama” in English
Rare enough to double-check
grama is uncommon English at frequency #71,541 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɹɑːmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Various species of grass in the genus Bouteloua, including Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama)".
No misspelling variants are generated for grama in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish grama (“grass”), from Latin grāmina, plural of grāmen (“grass”). The correct English form is grama, spelled G-R-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Various species of grass in the genus Bouteloua, including Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To understand the exquisite beauty of simple green grass, you must travel through eight hundred miles of sage-brush and grama...the latter, a stunted species of herbage, growing in ash tinted spirals, only two inches from the ground, and giving the Plains an appearance of being matted with curled hair or gray corkscrews. Its other name is “buffalo grass”;…
Every few years, Ingrid goes back to take a look, even though all that’s left is the old bleached shell of a house, surrounded by blue grama grass and tall trees with pale bark and waxy leaves.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish grama (“grass”), from Latin grāmina, plural of grāmen (“grass”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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