gramvsgrasoTell them apart

Quick tell: gram is a noun, graso is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gram” is a noun and “graso” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,325
“gram” frequency rank
#36,072
“graso” frequency rank
76397
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gram graso
Definition Gram. Propio o relacionado con la grasa.

Where the eye mixes gram and graso

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gram runs 4 letters (CCVC) against graso's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
gram
5 ch
graso

Look-alike desk: gram vs graso

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gram is [ɡʀamˀ] while graso is [ˈgɾaso]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gram is recorded at frequency rank #40,325, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡʀamˀ]. graso is at rank #36,072, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈgɾaso].

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 76397, this pair ranks #17,825 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of gram vs graso

Shared letters: agr. Private to "gram": m. Private to "graso": os.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gram ← garm · ggram · gramm · grma · grram · rgam
  • graso ← garso · ggraso · graos · grraso · grsao · rgaso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gram" for "graso" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gram" is a noun and "graso" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "gram" or "graso" show up more?
"graso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,072 in our Spanish list, against #40,325 for "gram". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gram" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "graso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,825 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gram" and "graso" 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 #17,825 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