grabamosvsgramosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#37,113
“grabamos” frequency rank
#9,132
“gramos” frequency rank
46245
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grabamos gramos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de grabar. Forma del plural de gramo.

Where the eye mixes grabamos and gramos

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

8 ch
grabamos
6 ch
gramos

Look-alike desk: grabamos vs gramos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grabamos is [gɾaˈβ̞amos] while gramos is [ˈgɾamos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46245, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grabamos is recorded at frequency rank #37,113, classified as averb, pronounced [gɾaˈβ̞amos]. gramos is at rank #9,132, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾamos].

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 46245, this pair ranks #126,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grabamos vs gramos

Shared letters: agmors. Private to "grabamos": b. Private to "gramos": -.

"grabamos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "gramos" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grabamos ← garbamos · ggrabamos · graabmos · grabammos · grabamoss · grabamso · grabaoms · grabbamos
  • gramos ← garmos · ggramos · grammos · gramoss · gramso · graoms · grmaos · grramos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "grabamos" and "gramos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "grabamos" is a verb and "gramos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "grabamos" or "gramos" show up more?
"gramos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,132 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

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "grabamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gramos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #126,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grabamos" and "gramos" 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 #126,857 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