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“grama” and “grasa” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,221
- “grama” frequency rank
- #4,794
- “grasa” frequency rank
- 49015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grama | grasa |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Sustancia orgánica formada por varios ácidos grasos unidos a un alcohol, normalmente glicerol, componiendo así un ester. Por su alta energía química, las grasas son la forma elegida por los organismos para almacenar la energía obtenida en el metabolismo de los alimentos. |
Where the eye mixes grama and grasa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. grama and grasa 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 grasa
A purely visual mix-up. grama ([ˈgɾama]) and grasa ([ˈgɾasa]) 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 - m in “grama” becomes s in “grasa”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49015, 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]. grasa is at rank #4,794, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾasa].
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 49015, this pair ranks #111,246 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grama vs grasa
Shared letters: agr. Private to "grama": m. Private to "grasa": s.
"grama" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "grasa" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "grama" vs "grasa" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "grama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grasa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,246 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grama" and "grasa" 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 #111,246 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.