grão

//ˈɡɾɐ̃w̃// adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,346

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

grão is anPortugueseadj. It means: forma reduzida de grande Pronounced /ˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #8,346 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with grau and grey.

Key facts for grão
PropertyValue
Headwordgrão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,346
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of grão in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for grão is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,346 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "forma reduzida de grande".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for grão, with forms such as "ggrão", "groã", and "grrão". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grau", "grey", "gray", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is grão, spelled G-R-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    forma reduzida de grande

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggrão,groã,grrão,gãro,rgão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grão

Misspelling Variants of "grão"

ggrão5groã4grrão5gãro4rgão4
Misspelling Variants of "grão"

Frequency rank: #8,346 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grão"?
"grão" is spelled G-R-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/.
What does "grão" mean?
As an adj, "grão" means: forma reduzida de grande
What words are commonly confused with "grão"?
"grão" is commonly confused with "grau", "grey", "gray". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grão" is /ˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grão" come from?
"grão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.