gracias
[ˈgɾasjas]
The verdict
“gracias” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #105. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #105
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Úsase para expresar agradecimiento.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gracias · gracias · Spanish
gracias · rank #105 · 11 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #105
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH otros
Nearest frequency peer: otros (-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 “gracias”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- otro
otro
99,898 corpus weight
- otros
otros
99,897 corpus weight
- gracias
gracias
99,896 corpus weight
- otra
otra
99,895 corpus weight
- cosas
cosas
99,894 corpus weight
- gran
gran
99,893 corpus weight
What this shows “gracias” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | gracias |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈgɾasjas] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “gracias”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around gracias (IPA [ˈgɾasjas]), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #105 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 gracias, with forms such as "garcias", "ggracias", and "gracais". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "gratis", "Grecia", "grasas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is gracias, spelled G-R-A-C-I-A-S.
Definition
- 1Úsase para expresar agradecimiento.
- 2Irónicamente expresa desagrado, desprecio o enfado.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gracias appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Madre bendita, ¡qué deseo traigo! Gracias a Dios que te me dejó ver.
—¡Cómo no, pues, Juan de la Verdá! —le dijo el rey—. Cásate con ella y el palacio que le gané a mi vecino te quedarás tú con él. — Muchas gracias, mi rey.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- garcias
- ggracias
- gracais
- graccias
- graciass
- gracisa
- graicas
- grasias
- grcaias
- grracias
- rgacias
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gracias - 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.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gracias", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).