Which to use
“grado” is a noun and “guiado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,317
- “grado” frequency rank
- #17,443
- “guiado” frequency rank
- 18760
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grado | guiado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Valor, situación, estado o calidad que una cosa puede tener, en una escala ascendente o descendente, en relación con otra. | Participio de guiar o de guiarse. |
Where the eye mixes grado and guiado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: grado vs guiado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grado is [ˈgɾað̞o] while guiado is [ˈgjað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18760, 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]. guiado is at rank #17,443, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈgjað̞o].
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 18760, this pair ranks #266,582 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grado vs guiado
Shared letters: adgo. Private to "grado": r. Private to "guiado": iu.
"grado" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "guiado" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grado" for "guiado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "grado" or "guiado" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "grado" and "guiado" 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 "guiado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,582 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grado" and "guiado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guiado vs guild". 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 #266,582 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.