graduado
[gɾaˈð̞wað̞o]
The verdict
“graduado” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #11,058 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #11,058
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que tiene diversos grados₂ o graduación.
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 | graduado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [gɾaˈð̞wað̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “graduado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for graduado is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gɾaˈð̞wað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,058 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 generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for graduado, with forms such as "garduado", "ggraduado", and "gradaudo". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gradual", "granado", "graduados", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is graduado, spelled G-R-A-D-U-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene diversos grados₂ o graduación.
- 2Estudiante que ha cumplido con sus años de educación secundaria.
- 3Estudiante que ha hecho o acabado un grado₄ en alguna especialidad.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: garduado,ggraduado,gradaudo,gradduado,graduaddo,graduaod,gradudao,graudado,grdauado,grraduado,rgaduado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of graduado - 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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Using “graduado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-R-A-D-U-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gɾaˈð̞wað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gradual” - see the side-by-side comparison. graduado vs gradual
- 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.