grabadasvsgranadasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#17,980
“grabadas” frequency rank
#15,104
“granadas” frequency rank
33084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes grabadas and granadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. grabadas and granadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
grabadas
8 ch
granadas

Visual trap between grabadas and granadas

A purely visual mix-up. grabadas ([gɾaˈβ̞að̞as]) 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 a single letter - b in “grabadas” becomes n in “granadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grabadas is recorded at frequency rank #17,980, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [gɾaˈβ̞að̞as]. 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 33084, this pair ranks #198,658 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grabadas vs granadas

Shared letters: adgrs. Private to "grabadas": b. Private to "granadas": n.

"grabadas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "granadas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grabadas ← garbadas · ggrabadas · graabdas · grabaads · grabadass · grabaddas · grabadsa · grabbadas
  • granadas ← garnadas · ggranadas · graandas · granaads · granadass · granaddas · granadsa · grandaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "grabadas" and "granadas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([gɾaˈβ̞að̞as] versus [gɾaˈnað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "grabadas" or "granadas"?
"granadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,104 in our Spanish list, against #17,980 for "grabadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "grabadas" 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 #198,658 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grabadas" 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 #198,658 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