Which to use
“grava” is a noun and “gravar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,800
- “grava” frequency rank
- #33,634
- “gravar” frequency rank
- 57434
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grava | gravar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Piedra machacada (o la arena más gruesa, que la mayor es de río) con que se cubre y allana el piso de los caminos, las calles de los jardines, etc. | Cargar, pesar sobre una persona o cosa. |
Where the eye mixes grava and gravar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. grava runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against gravar's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: grava vs gravar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grava is [ˈgɾaβ̞a] while gravar is [gɾaˈβ̞aɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “grava” sits inside “gravar”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57434, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grava is recorded at frequency rank #23,800, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾaβ̞a]. gravar is at rank #33,634, tagged as averb, pronounced [gɾaˈβ̞aɾ].
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 57434, this pair ranks #70,518 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grava vs gravar
Shared letters: agrv. Private to "grava": -. Private to "gravar": -.
"grava" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "gravar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grava" and "gravar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "grava" vs "gravar" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "grava" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gravar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,518 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grava" and "gravar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grammar vs gravar". 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 #70,518 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.