grasasvsguapasWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#13,260
“grasas” frequency rank
#20,382
“guapas” frequency rank
33642
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grasas guapas
Definition Forma del plural de grasa. Forma del femenino plural de guapo.

Where the eye mixes grasas and guapas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. grasas (CCVCVC) and guapas (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
grasas
6 ch
guapas

Why the eye confuses grasas with guapas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grasas is [ˈgɾasas] while guapas is [ˈgwapas]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grasas is recorded at frequency rank #13,260, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾasas]. guapas is at rank #20,382, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈgwapas].

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 33642, this pair ranks #195,713 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grasas vs guapas

Shared letters: ags. Private to "grasas": r. Private to "guapas": pu.

"grasas" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "guapas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grasas ← garsas · ggrasas · graass · grasass · grassas · grrasas · grsaas · rgasas
  • guapas ← gaupas · gguapas · guaaps · guapass · guappas · guapsa · gupaas · ugapas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "grasas" for "guapas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "grasas" is a noun and "guapas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "grasas" vs "guapas" - which ranks higher?
"grasas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,260 in our Spanish list, against #20,382 for "guapas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "grasas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "guapas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #195,713 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grasas" and "guapas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grana vs grasas". 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 #195,713 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