grial

/[ˈgɾjal]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,601

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

grial is aSpanishnoun. It means: Copa grande o cáliz de gran valor. Por antonomasia, la copa legendaria en que se dice que José de Arimatea recogió la sangre de Jesús al ser crucificado éste, presuntamente dotada de poderes milagr... Pronounced [ˈgɾjal]. Often confused with guía and gris.

Key facts for grial
PropertyValue
Headwordgrial
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgɾjal]
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,601
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for grial is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾjal]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,601 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Copa grande o cáliz de gran valor. Por antonomasia, la copa legendaria en que se dice que José de Arimatea recogió la sangre de Jesús al ser crucificado éste, presuntamente dotada de poderes milagr...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for grial, with forms such as "ggrial", "giral", and "grail". 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, "guía", "gris", "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 grial, spelled G-R-I-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Copa grande o cáliz de gran valor. Por antonomasia, la copa legendaria en que se dice que José de Arimatea recogió la sangre de Jesús al ser crucificado éste, presuntamente dotada de poderes milagrosos.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggrial,giral,grail,griall,grila,grrial,rgial

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grial

Misspelling Variants of "grial"

ggrial6giral5grail5griall6grila5grrial6rgial5
Misspelling Variants of "grial"

Frequency rank: #34,601 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grial"?
"grial" is spelled G-R-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgɾjal].
What does "grial" mean?
As a noun, "grial" means: Copa grande o cáliz de gran valor. Por antonomasia, la copa legendaria en que se dice que José de Arimatea recogió la sangre de Jesús al ser crucificado éste, presuntamente dotada de poderes milagr...
What words are commonly confused with "grial"?
"grial" is commonly confused with "guía", "gris", "grúa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grial" is [ˈgɾjal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grial" come from?
"grial" 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.