giradovsgramoConfusable pair

Quick tell: girado is a verb, gramo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“girado” is a verb and “gramo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,598
“girado” frequency rank
#23,799
“gramo” frequency rank
58397
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature girado gramo
Definition Participio de girar. Unidad de peso del sistema métrico decimal igual a la milésima parte de un kilogramo.

Where the eye mixes girado and gramo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
girado
5 ch
gramo

Why the eye confuses girado with gramo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: girado is [xiˈɾað̞o] while gramo is [ˈgɾamo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

girado is recorded at frequency rank #34,598, classified as averb, pronounced [xiˈɾað̞o]. gramo is at rank #23,799, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾamo].

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 58397, this pair ranks #66,574 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of girado vs gramo

Shared letters: agor. Private to "girado": di. Private to "gramo": m.

"girado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "gramo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • giradoggirado · giardo · giraddo · giraod · girdao · girrado · griado · igrado
  • gramogarmo · ggramo · grammo · graom · grmao · grramo · rgamo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "girado" for "gramo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "girado" is a verb and "gramo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "girado" vs "gramo" - which ranks higher?
"gramo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,799 in our Spanish list, against #34,598 for "girado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "girado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gramo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,574 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "girado" and "gramo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "girado vs guisado". 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 #66,574 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