Which to use
“grabado” is a noun and “grabados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,515
- “grabado” frequency rank
- #11,590
- “grabados” frequency rank
- 17105
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grabado | grabados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Forma del plural de grabado, participio de grabar. |
Where the eye mixes grabado and grabados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. grabado runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against grabados's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between grabado and grabados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grabado is [gɾaˈβ̞að̞o] while grabados is [gɾaˈβ̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “grabado” sits inside “grabados”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grabado is recorded at frequency rank #5,515, classified as anoun, pronounced [gɾaˈβ̞að̞o]. grabados is at rank #11,590, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [gɾaˈβ̞að̞os].
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 17105, this pair ranks #273,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grabado vs grabados
Shared letters: abdgor. Private to "grabado": -. Private to "grabados": s.
"grabado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "grabados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grabado" and "grabados" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "grabado" or "grabados" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "grabado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grabados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grabado" and "grabados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grabados 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 #273,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.