gratia

[ˈgraː.tɪ.a]

/[ˈgraː.tɪ.a]/ noun

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The verdict

“gratia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,841 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,841
frequency rank, Spanish
17,549
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Demostración de favor a otro, buena voluntad, amabilidad, estima.

Key facts for gratia
PropertyValue
Headwordgratia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgraː.tɪ.a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#86,841
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gratia” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). gratia lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gratia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,841 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈgraː.tɪ.a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 13 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for gratia in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is gratia, spelled G-R-A-T-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Demostración de favor a otro, buena voluntad, amabilidad, estima.
  2. 2
    Demostración de favor a otro, buena voluntad, amabilidad, estima.
  3. 3
    Buenas relaciones entre dos o más personas, amistad.
  4. 4
    En sentido negativo: parcialidad, favoritismo.
  5. 5
    Agradecimiento, reconocimiento, gratitud.
  6. 6
    Agradecimiento, reconocimiento, gratitud.
  7. 7
    Popularidad, estima, crédito.
  8. 8
    Popularidad, estima, crédito.
  9. 9
    Cualidad de ser encantador o agradable, gracia, atractivo, encanto.
  10. 10
    En ablativo singular, empleado como preposición, con genitivo subjetivo/objetivo, y generalmente posicionado después del sustantivo dominante: por amor de, por el bien de, por, en favor de (una persona o cosa), por el propósito de, por consideración a, etc.
  11. 11
    En ablativo singular, empleado como preposición, con genitivo subjetivo/objetivo, y generalmente posicionado después del sustantivo dominante: por amor de, por el bien de, por, en favor de (una persona o cosa), por el propósito de, por consideración a, etc.
  12. 12
    En ablativo singular, empleado como preposición, con genitivo subjetivo/objetivo, y generalmente posicionado después del sustantivo dominante: por amor de, por el bien de, por, en favor de (una persona o cosa), por el propósito de, por consideración a, etc.
  13. 13
    En ablativo plural, empleado como adverbio, generalmente con la forma alternativa grātis en lugar de grātiis: sin intereses de lucro, por nada, gratis.

Synonyms

bona gratia

Antonyms

mala gratia

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gratia"?
"gratia" is spelled G-R-A-T-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgraː.tɪ.a].
What does "gratia" mean?
As a noun, "gratia" means: Demostración de favor a otro, buena voluntad, amabilidad, estima.
How do you pronounce "gratia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gratia" is [ˈgraː.tɪ.a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gratia" come from?
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Using “gratia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is G-R-A-T-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈgraː.tɪ.a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list