Which to use
“grama” and “gramo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,221
- “grama” frequency rank
- #23,799
- “gramo” frequency rank
- 68020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grama | gramo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (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. | Unidad de peso del sistema métrico decimal igual a la milésima parte de un kilogramo. |
Where the eye mixes grama and gramo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. grama and gramo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: grama vs gramo
A purely visual mix-up. grama ([ˈgɾama]) and gramo ([ˈgɾamo]) 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 - a in “grama” becomes o in “gramo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grama is recorded at frequency rank #44,221, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾama]. gramo is at rank #23,799, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾamo].
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 68020, this pair ranks #35,597 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grama vs gramo
Shared letters: agmr. Private to "grama": -. Private to "gramo": o.
"grama" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "gramo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grama" and "gramo" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "grama" or "gramo" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "grama" and "gramo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gramo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,597 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grama" and "gramo" 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 #35,597 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.