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Which to use

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

#1,317
“grado” frequency rank
#40,325
“gram” frequency rank
41642
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes grado and gram

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
grado
4 ch
gram

Visual trap between grado and gram

A purely visual mix-up. grado ([ˈgɾað̞o]) and gram ([ɡʀamˀ]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grado is recorded at frequency rank #1,317, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾað̞o]. gram is at rank #40,325, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡʀamˀ].

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 41642, this pair ranks #152,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grado vs gram

Shared letters: agr. Private to "grado": do. Private to "gram": m.

"grado" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "gram" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gradogardo · ggrado · graddo · graod · grdao · grrado · rgado
  • gramgarm · ggram · gramm · grma · grram · rgam

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "grado" and "gram" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈgɾað̞o] versus [ɡʀamˀ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "grado" or "gram" show up more?
"grado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,317 in our Spanish list, against #40,325 for "gram". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "grado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gram" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #152,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grado" and "gram" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gram vs guan". 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 #152,536 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