Español homophones
grabe/grave
"grabe" is a verb; "grave" is an adjective - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "grabe" arrives as a verb, while "grave" is an adjective. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "gra" then splits - "grabe" (5 letters) vs "grave" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across grabe, grave: aegr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
grabe
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCV
Inventory abegr · private b
grave
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCV
Inventory aegrv · private v
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "grabe" when you mean: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de grabar.
- Write "grave" when you mean: De gran importancia o con consecuencias serias.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.