grabe

/[ˈgɾaβ̞e]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,533

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

grabe is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de grabar. Pronounced [ˈgɾaβ̞e]. Often confused with gran and gray.

Key facts for grabe
PropertyValue
Headwordgrabe
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈgɾaβ̞e]
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,533
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of grabe in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for grabe is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾaβ̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,533 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for grabe, with forms such as "garbe", "ggrabe", and "grabbe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gran", "gray", "Grau", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is grabe, spelled G-R-A-B-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de grabar.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de grabar.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de grabar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garbe,ggrabe,grabbe,graeb,grbae,grrabe,rgabe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grabe

Misspelling Variants of "grabe"

garbe5ggrabe6grabbe6graeb5grbae5grrabe6rgabe5
Misspelling Variants of "grabe"

Frequency rank: #35,533 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grabe"?
"grabe" is spelled G-R-A-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgɾaβ̞e].
What does "grabe" mean?
As a verb, "grabe" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de grabar.
What words are commonly confused with "grabe"?
"grabe" is commonly confused with "gran", "gray", "Grau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grabe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grabe" is [ˈgɾaβ̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grabe" come from?
"grabe" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.