grabado

[gɾaˈβ̞að̞o]

/[gɾaˈβ̞að̞o]/ noun

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The verdict

“grabado” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,515. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,515
frequency rank, Spanish
1,728
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Técnica pictórica consistente en dibujar primero el sujeto sobre una plancha de algún material rígido y luego imprimirlo sobre un papel o lienzo con tinta.

Corpus desk

Index ES-grabado · grabado · Spanish

grabado · rank #5,515 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,515
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,728
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gonzalo

Nearest frequency peer: Gonzalo (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “grabado”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “grabado” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grabado vs grado
71% similar
grabado vs grabo
71% similar
grabado vs grabar
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grabado
PropertyValue
Headwordgrabado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[gɾaˈβ̞að̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,515
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “grabado”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).grabadocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Gonzalo” (#5,514), “harto” (#5,516), “fallecido” (#5,513). Entre 1,728 lemas con “G”, “grabado” va en #5,515. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around grabado (IPA [gɾaˈβ̞að̞o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,515 among 1,728 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for grabado, with forms such as "garbado", "ggrabado", and "graabdo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grado", "grabo", "grabar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is grabado, spelled G-R-A-B-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Técnica pictórica consistente en dibujar primero el sujeto sobre una plancha de algún material rígido y luego imprimirlo sobre un papel o lienzo con tinta.
  2. 2
    Cada una de las obras resultantes de la impresión mediante dicha técnica.

This word in other languages

gravure(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garbado
  • ggrabado
  • graabdo
  • grabaddo
  • grabaod
  • grabbado
  • grabdao
  • gravado
  • grbaado
  • grrabado
  • rgabado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grabado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

garbado2ggrabado1graabdo2grabaddo1grabaod2grabbado1grabdao2gravado1
Edit distance from "grabado"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grabado"?
"grabado" is spelled G-R-A-B-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [gɾaˈβ̞að̞o].
What does "grabado" mean?
As a noun, "grabado" means: Técnica pictórica consistente en dibujar primero el sujeto sobre una plancha de algún material rígido y luego imprimirlo sobre un papel o lienzo con tinta.
What words are commonly confused with "grabado"?
"grabado" is commonly confused with "grado", "grabo", "grabar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grabado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grabado" is [gɾaˈβ̞að̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grabado" come from?
"grabado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grabado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gonzalo#5,514hoteles#5,517intensa#5,522esperas#5,507

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

extraños11 variantsilegales11 variantsextiende11 variantsescasez11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list