gamevsgramaTell them apart

Which to use

“game” and “grama” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,127
“game” frequency rank
#44,221
“grama” frequency rank
53348
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature game grama
Definition En un partido, subdivisión del set que se obtiene ganando cuatro pelotas (con diferencia de dos). (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.

Where the eye mixes game and grama

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
game
5 ch
grama

Why the eye confuses game with grama

A purely visual mix-up. game ([ˈgẽjm]) and grama ([ˈgɾama]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

game is recorded at frequency rank #9,127, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈgẽjm]. grama is at rank #44,221, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾama].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 53348, this pair ranks #88,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of game vs grama

Shared letters: agm. Private to "game": e. Private to "grama": r.

"game" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "grama" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gameagme · gaem · gamme · ggame · gmae
  • gramagarma · ggrama · graam · gramma · grmaa · grrama · rgama

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "game" and "grama" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈgẽjm] versus [ˈgɾama]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "game" or "grama"?
"game" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,127 in our Spanish list, against #44,221 for "grama". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "game" and "grama" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "game" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "grama" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #88,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "game" and "grama" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grama vs grammar". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #88,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list