grandeza
[gɾãn̪ˈd̪esa]
The verdict
“grandeza” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,809 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,809
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cualidad, estado o condición de ser grande (tamaño, importancia, intensidad o cualidades mayores de algo en comparación con otras cosas).
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 | grandeza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gɾãn̪ˈd̪esa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grandeza” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for grandeza is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gɾãn̪ˈd̪esa]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,809 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for grandeza, with forms such as "garndeza", "ggrandeza", and "gradneza". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "grande", "granda", "grandes", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 grandeza, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Cualidad, estado o condición de ser grande (tamaño, importancia, intensidad o cualidades mayores de algo en comparación con otras cosas).
- 2Cualidad de ser superior o tener autoridad sobre otros.
- 3Cantidad de espacio que ocupa un cuerpo.
- 4Carácter de alta calidad moral, de excelencia de espíritu o de bondad del ánimo.
- 5En la nobleza española, dignidad del grado máximo y conjunto de las personas o familias con esta dignidad.
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: garndeza,ggrandeza,gradneza,granddeza,grandeaz,grandezza,grandzea,granedza,granndeza,grnadeza,grrandeza,rgandeza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grandeza - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “grandeza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-R-A-N-D-E-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gɾãn̪ˈd̪esa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “grande” - see the side-by-side comparison. grandeza vs grande
- 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.