Which to use
“grado” and “grama” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,317
- “grado” frequency rank
- #44,221
- “grama” frequency rank
- 45538
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grado | grama |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Valor, situación, estado o calidad que una cosa puede tener, en una escala ascendente o descendente, en relación con otra. | (Cynodon dactylon) Hierba de la familia de las gramíneas, tallo rastrero, hojas cortas y planas, flores en espigas. Mide entre diez y quince cm. de altura. Es cosmopolita e invade todo tipo de terrenos; se la considera una plaga. Los rizomas y estolones se usan en medicina natural en cocción como depurativo, diurético, expectorante y febrífugo. |
Where the eye mixes grado and grama
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. grado and grama follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between grado and grama
A purely visual mix-up. grado ([ˈgɾað̞o]) and grama ([ˈgɾama]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45538, 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]. grama is at rank #44,221, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾama].
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 45538, this pair ranks #130,897 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grado vs grama
Shared letters: agr. Private to "grado": do. Private to "grama": m.
"grado" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "grama" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grado" for "grama" ever safe?
Frequency check: "grado" vs "grama" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "grado" and "grama" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grama" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #130,897 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grado" and "grama" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grama vs grammar". 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 #130,897 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.