gracia

/[ˈgɾasja]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,987

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gracia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Predisposición a favorecer o proteger a alguien, especialmente sin contrapartida. Pronounced [ˈgɾasja]. It ranks #1,987 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with grasa and grata.

Key facts for gracia
PropertyValue
Headwordgracia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgɾasja]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,987
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gracia is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾasja]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,987 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 21 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for gracia, with forms such as "garcia", "ggracia", and "gracai". 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, "grasa", "grata", "grava", 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 gracia, spelled G-R-A-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Predisposición a favorecer o proteger a alguien, especialmente sin contrapartida.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, acción o efecto de favorecer o proteger a alguien.
  3. 3
    Cosa que se concede para favorecer o proteger.
  4. 4
    En particular, gracia₃ que concede Dios para alcanzar la salvación o para nutrir y sostener el alma.
  5. 5
    En particular, gracia₃ que concede una autoridad para perdonar o indultar una pena judicial.
  6. 6
    Capacidad espontánea para realizar bien alguna cosa difícil.
  7. 7
    En particular, gracia₆ para tratar con delicadeza y afabilidad a las personas.
  8. 8
    En particular, gracia₆ para moverse de manera ágil y atractiva.
  9. 9
    En particular, gracia₆ para divertir o hacer reír.
  10. 10
    Por extensión, gracia₆ para sorprender.
  11. 11
    Cosa, acción o expresión que tiene gracia_(9–10).
  12. 12
    En particular, gracia₁₁ de un niño que le granjea el aprecio o favor de los adultos.
  13. 13
    Irónicamente, cosa, acción o expresión que molesta.
  14. 14
    Impresión que causa una gracia_(11–13).
  15. 15
    Más generalmente, cualidad cualquiera que hace apreciable una cosa.
  16. 16
    En particular, gracia₁₅ que hace atractivo a alguien o algo independiente de su belleza formal.
  17. 17
    Parte del nombre propio del individuo, que le distingue específicamente, en especial de otros miembros de su familia o grupo que puedan compartir su apellido, patronímico, etc.
  18. 18
    Responso que se dice en casa de un difunto tras el entierro.
  19. 19
    Procesión que acompaña a los deudos luego del entierro para decir gracia₁₈.
  20. 20
    Trazo ornamentalque remata el asta, cola o brazo de algunos tipos de letra, para mejorar su legibilidad y dotarlos de un aspecto más elegante. Las fuentes que los emplean se denominan, según la clase, romanas o egipcias, mientras que las que no cuentan con ellos se llaman paloseco.
  21. 21
    Excremento.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garcia,ggracia,gracai,graccia,graica,grasia,grcaia,grracia,rgacia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gracia

Misspelling Variants of "gracia"

garcia6ggracia7gracai6graccia7graica6grasia6grcaia6grracia7
Misspelling Variants of "gracia"

Frequency rank: #1,987 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gracia"?
"gracia" is spelled G-R-A-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgɾasja].
What does "gracia" mean?
As a noun, "gracia" means: Predisposición a favorecer o proteger a alguien, especialmente sin contrapartida.
What words are commonly confused with "gracia"?
"gracia" is commonly confused with "grasa", "grata", "grava". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gracia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gracia" is [ˈgɾasja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gracia" come from?
"gracia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.