grama

/[ˈgɾama]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,221

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

grama is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Cynodon dactylon) Hierba de la familia de las gramíneas, tallo rastrero, hojas cortas y planas, flores en espigas. Mide entre diez y quince cm. de altura. Es cosmopolita e invade todo tipo de terr... Pronounced [ˈgɾama]. Often confused with gran and gray.

Key facts for grama
PropertyValue
Headwordgrama
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgɾama]
Letters5
Frequency rank#44,221
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for grama is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾama]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,221 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 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 grama, with forms such as "garma", "ggrama", and "graam". 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", "grúa", 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 grama, spelled G-R-A-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Cynodon dactylon) Hierba de la familia de las gramíneas, tallo rastrero, hojas cortas y planas, flores en espigas. Mide entre diez y quince cm. de altura. Es cosmopolita e invade todo tipo de terrenos; se la considera una plaga. Los rizomas y estolones se usan en medicina natural en cocción como depurativo, diurético, expectorante y febrífugo.
  2. 2
    Hierba menuda sin tronco con hojas pequeñas que se planta en parques y jardines con fines ornamentales y en campos deportivos para practicar deportes sobre un tapiz vegetal.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garma,ggrama,graam,gramma,grmaa,grrama,rgama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grama

Misspelling Variants of "grama"

garma5ggrama6graam5gramma6grmaa5grrama6rgama5
Misspelling Variants of "grama"

Frequency rank: #44,221 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grama"?
"grama" is spelled G-R-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgɾama].
What does "grama" mean?
As a noun, "grama" means: (Cynodon dactylon) Hierba de la familia de las gramíneas, tallo rastrero, hojas cortas y planas, flores en espigas. Mide entre diez y quince cm. de altura. Es cosmopolita e invade todo tipo de terr...
What words are commonly confused with "grama"?
"grama" is commonly confused with "gran", "gray", "grúa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grama" is [ˈgɾama]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grama" come from?
"grama" 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.