# Grau vs grave

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### Grau
*name · IPA [ˈgɾaw] · frequency rank #24,170*
Apellido.

### grave
*adjective · IPA [ˈgɾaβ̞e] · frequency rank #1,637*
De gran importancia o con consecuencias serias.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/grau-vs-grave