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

#38,158
“grafiti” frequency rank
#40,324
“grafito” frequency rank
78482
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grafiti grafito
Definition Inscripción o pintura, realizada generalmente sobre mobiliario urbano. Forma cristalina alotrópica característica del carbono en el que las redes cristalinas tienen geometría hexagonal. Es un mineral de color negro agrisado, lustre metálico, graso al tacto, textura compacta y compuesto casi exclusivamente de carbono utilizado principalmente para fabricar lápices y como material refractario.

Where the eye mixes grafiti and grafito

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. grafiti and grafito follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
grafiti
7 ch
grafito

Look-alike desk: grafiti vs grafito

A purely visual mix-up. grafiti ([gɾaˈfit̪i]) and grafito ([gɾaˈfit̪o]) 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 - i in “grafiti” becomes o in “grafito”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grafiti is recorded at frequency rank #38,158, classified as anoun, pronounced [gɾaˈfit̪i]. grafito is at rank #40,324, tagged as anoun, pronounced [gɾaˈfit̪o].

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 78482, this pair ranks #14,388 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of grafiti vs grafito

Shared letters: afgirt. Private to "grafiti": -. Private to "grafito": o.

"grafiti" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "grafito" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grafiti ← garfiti · ggrafiti · graffiti · grafiit · grafitti · graftii · graifti · grfaiti
  • grafito ← garfito · ggrafito · graffito · grafiot · grafitto · graftio · graifto · grfaito

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "grafiti" and "grafito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([gɾaˈfit̪i] versus [gɾaˈfit̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "grafiti" or "grafito" show up more?
"grafiti" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,158 in our Spanish list, against #40,324 for "grafito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "grafiti" and "grafito" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "grafiti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "grafito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,388 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grafiti" and "grafito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grafito vs granitos". 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 #14,388 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