gradasvsgranadasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: gradas is a noun, granadas is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gradas” is a noun and “granadas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,554
“gradas” frequency rank
#15,104
“granadas” frequency rank
33658
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gradas granadas
Definition Conjunto de escalones que suelen tener los edificios grandes, majestuosos, delante de su pórtico o fachada. Forma del femenino plural de granado, participio de granar.

Where the eye mixes gradas and granadas

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

6 ch
gradas
8 ch
granadas

Visual trap between gradas and granadas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gradas is [ˈgɾað̞as] while granadas is [gɾaˈnað̞as]. 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 (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gradas is recorded at frequency rank #18,554, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾað̞as]. granadas is at rank #15,104, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [gɾaˈnað̞as].

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 33658, this pair ranks #195,622 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gradas vs granadas

Shared letters: adgrs. Private to "gradas": -. Private to "granadas": n.

"gradas" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "granadas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gradas ← gardas · ggradas · graads · gradass · graddas · gradsa · grdaas · grradas
  • granadas ← garnadas · ggranadas · graandas · granaads · granadass · granaddas · granadsa · grandaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gradas" and "granadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gradas" is a noun and "granadas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "gradas" or "granadas" show up more?
"granadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,104 in our Spanish list, against #18,554 for "gradas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gradas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "granadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #195,622 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gradas" and "granadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gradas vs granda". 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 #195,622 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