gradavsgradoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#25,290
“grada” frequency rank
#1,317
“grado” frequency rank
26607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grada grado
Definition Peldaño. Valor, situación, estado o calidad que una cosa puede tener, en una escala ascendente o descendente, en relación con otra.

Where the eye mixes grada and grado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
grada
5 ch
grado

Look-alike desk: grada vs grado

A purely visual mix-up. grada ([ˈgɾað̞a]) and grado ([ˈgɾað̞o]) 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 - a in “grada” becomes o in “grado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grada is recorded at frequency rank #25,290, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾað̞a]. grado is at rank #1,317, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾað̞o].

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 26607, this pair ranks #230,822 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grada vs grado

Shared letters: adgr. Private to "grada": -. Private to "grado": o.

"grada" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "grado" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gradagarda · ggrada · graad · gradda · grdaa · grrada · rgada
  • gradogardo · ggrado · graddo · graod · grdao · grrado · rgado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "grada" and "grado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈgɾað̞a] versus [ˈgɾað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "grada" or "grado" show up more?
"grado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,317 in our Spanish list, against #25,290 for "grada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "grada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "grado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #230,822 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grada" and "grado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gara vs grada". 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 #230,822 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