granizo
/ɡɾɐ.ˈni.zu/
The verdict
“granizo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #28,220 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,220
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - chuva cujas gotas se congelam ao atravessar uma camada de ar frio, caindo sob a forma de pedras de gelo; saraiva; chuva de pedra
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | granizo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɾɐ.ˈni.zu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #28,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “granizo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for granizo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡɾɐ.ˈni.zu/. Corpus data places it at rank #28,220 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "chuva cujas gotas se congelam ao atravessar uma camada de ar frio, caindo sob a forma de pedras de gelo; saraiva; chuva de pedra".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for granizo, with forms such as "garnizo", "ggranizo", and "grainzo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gráfico", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is granizo, spelled G-R-A-N-I-Z-O.
Definition
- 1chuva cujas gotas se congelam ao atravessar uma camada de ar frio, caindo sob a forma de pedras de gelo; saraiva; chuva de pedra
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: garnizo,ggranizo,grainzo,granioz,granizzo,grannizo,granzio,grnaizo,grranizo,rganizo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of granizo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “granizo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-R-A-N-I-Z-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡɾɐ.ˈni.zu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gráfico” - see the side-by-side comparison. granizo vs gráfico
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.