grabadovsgrabamosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#5,515
“grabado” frequency rank
#37,113
“grabamos” frequency rank
42628
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grabado grabamos
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. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de grabar.

Where the eye mixes grabado and grabamos

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

7 ch
grabado
8 ch
grabamos

Look-alike desk: grabado vs grabamos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grabado is [gɾaˈβ̞að̞o] while grabamos is [gɾaˈβ̞amos]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42628, 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]. grabamos is at rank #37,113, tagged as averb, pronounced [gɾaˈβ̞amos].

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 42628, this pair ranks #147,142 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grabado vs grabamos

Shared letters: abgor. Private to "grabado": d. Private to "grabamos": ms.

"grabado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "grabamos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grabado ← garbado · ggrabado · graabdo · grabaddo · grabaod · grabbado · grabdao · gravado
  • grabamos ← garbamos · ggrabamos · graabmos · grabammos · grabamoss · grabamso · grabaoms · grabbamos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "grabado" for "grabamos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "grabado" is a noun and "grabamos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "grabado" vs "grabamos" - which ranks higher?
"grabado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,515 in our Spanish list, against #37,113 for "grabamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "grabado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "grabamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #147,142 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grabado" and "grabamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grabamos vs gritamos". 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 #147,142 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