gracia
[ˈgɾasja]
The verdict
“gracia” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,987 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,987
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Predisposición a favorecer o proteger a alguien, especialmente sin contrapartida.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gracia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgɾasja] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gracia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for gracia is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gracia, with forms such as "garcia", "ggracia", and "gracai". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is gracia, spelled G-R-A-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Predisposición a favorecer o proteger a alguien, especialmente sin contrapartida.
- 2Por extensión, acción o efecto de favorecer o proteger a alguien.
- 3Cosa que se concede para favorecer o proteger.
- 4En particular, gracia₃ que concede Dios para alcanzar la salvación o para nutrir y sostener el alma.
- 5En particular, gracia₃ que concede una autoridad para perdonar o indultar una pena judicial.
- 6Capacidad espontánea para realizar bien alguna cosa difícil.
- 7En particular, gracia₆ para tratar con delicadeza y afabilidad a las personas.
- 8En particular, gracia₆ para moverse de manera ágil y atractiva.
- 9En particular, gracia₆ para divertir o hacer reír.
- 10Por extensión, gracia₆ para sorprender.
- 11Cosa, acción o expresión que tiene gracia_(9–10).
- 12En particular, gracia₁₁ de un niño que le granjea el aprecio o favor de los adultos.
- 13Irónicamente, cosa, acción o expresión que molesta.
- 14Impresión que causa una gracia_(11–13).
- 15Más generalmente, cualidad cualquiera que hace apreciable una cosa.
- 16En particular, gracia₁₅ que hace atractivo a alguien o algo independiente de su belleza formal.
- 17Parte 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.
- 18Responso que se dice en casa de un difunto tras el entierro.
- 19Procesión que acompaña a los deudos luego del entierro para decir gracia₁₈.
- 20Trazo 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.
- 21Excremento.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: garcia,ggracia,gracai,graccia,graica,grasia,grcaia,grracia,rgacia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gracia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “gracia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-R-A-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgɾasja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “grasa” - see the side-by-side comparison. gracia vs grasa
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.