grabadavsgranadasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#13,053
“grabada” frequency rank
#15,104
“granadas” frequency rank
28157
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grabada granadas
Definition Forma del femenino de grabado, participio de grabar. Forma del femenino plural de granado, participio de granar.

Where the eye mixes grabada and granadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. grabada runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against granadas's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
grabada
8 ch
granadas

Visual trap between grabada and granadas

A purely visual mix-up. grabada ([gɾaˈβ̞að̞a]) and granadas ([gɾaˈnað̞as]) 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 28157, 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]. granadas is at rank #15,104, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [gɾaˈnað̞as].

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 28157, this pair ranks #223,345 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grabada vs granadas

Shared letters: adgr. Private to "grabada": b. Private to "granadas": ns.

"grabada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "granadas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grabada ← garbada · ggrabada · graabda · grabaad · grabadda · grabbada · grabdaa · gravada
  • granadas ← garnadas · ggranadas · graandas · granaads · granadass · granaddas · granadsa · grandaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "grabada" and "granadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([gɾaˈβ̞að̞a] versus [gɾaˈnað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "grabada" or "granadas"?
"grabada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,053 in our Spanish list, against #15,104 for "granadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "grabada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "granadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #223,345 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grabada" and "granadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "granadas 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 #223,345 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