Which to use
“grande” is an adjective and “guarde” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #353
- “grande” frequency rank
- #13,262
- “guarde” frequency rank
- 13615
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grande | guarde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Superior en tamaño a un determinado patrón tomado como medida. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de guardar o de guardarse. |
Where the eye mixes grande and guarde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. grande (CCVCCV) and guarde (CVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: grande vs guarde
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grande is [ˈgɾãn̪d̪e] while guarde is [ˈgwaɾð̞e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grande is recorded at frequency rank #353, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈgɾãn̪d̪e]. guarde is at rank #13,262, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈgwaɾð̞e].
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 13615, this pair ranks #287,184 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grande vs guarde
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "grande": n. Private to "guarde": u.
"grande" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "guarde" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grande" and "guarde" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grande" vs "guarde" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "grande" and "guarde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guarde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,184 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grande" and "guarde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glande vs guarde". 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 #287,184 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.