Español homophones
grabar/gravar
"grabar" (#4,340 written frequency) beats "gravar" (#33,634) in this 2-word /gɾaˈβ̞aɾ/ cluster. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /gɾaˈβ̞aɾ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "grabar" leads at #4,340, with "gravar" trailing at #33,634.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "gra" then splits - "grabar" (6 letters) vs "gravar" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across grabar, gravar: agr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
grabar
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCVC
Inventory abgr · private b
gravar
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCVC
Inventory agrv · private v
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "grabar" when you mean: Labrar —en relieve o en hueco— sobre una superficie dura algún símbolo, señal, texto, figura o representación.
- Write "gravar" when you mean: Cargar, pesar sobre una persona o cosa.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.