Which to use
“grabada” is a participle and “grabado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,053
- “grabada” frequency rank
- #5,515
- “grabado” frequency rank
- 18568
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grabada | grabado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de grabado, participio de grabar. | Técnica pictórica consistente en dibujar primero el sujeto sobre una plancha de algún material rígido y luego imprimirlo sobre un papel o lienzo con tinta. |
Where the eye mixes grabada and grabado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between grabada and grabado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grabada is [gɾaˈβ̞að̞a] while grabado is [gɾaˈβ̞að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “grabada” becomes o in “grabado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18568, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grabada is recorded at frequency rank #13,053, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [gɾaˈβ̞að̞a]. grabado is at rank #5,515, tagged as anoun, pronounced [gɾaˈβ̞að̞o].
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 18568, this pair ranks #267,358 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grabada vs grabado
Shared letters: abdgr. Private to "grabada": -. Private to "grabado": o.
"grabada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "grabado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grabada" and "grabado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "grabada" vs "grabado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "grabada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grabado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,358 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grabada" and "grabado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grabada vs granado". 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 #267,358 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.