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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grada" and "grado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "grada" or "grado" show up more?
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.