gray
/'greɪ/
The verdict
“gray” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #10,365 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,365
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unidade no Sistema Internacional de medidas, representado por Gy, que representa a quantidade de energia de radiação ionizante absorvida (ou dose) por unidade de massa, e é definido como a quantida...
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 | gray |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /'greɪ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gray” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for gray is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /'greɪ/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,365 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "unidade no Sistema Internacional de medidas, representado por Gy, que representa a quantidade de energia de radiação ionizante absorvida (ou dose) por unidade de massa, e é definido como a quantida...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gray, with forms such as "gary", "ggray", and "grayy". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "guy", "grey", "grow", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is gray, spelled G-R-A-Y.
Definition
- 1unidade no Sistema Internacional de medidas, representado por Gy, que representa a quantidade de energia de radiação ionizante absorvida (ou dose) por unidade de massa, e é definido como a quantidade que deposita 1 joule (J) de energia por quilograma (kg) do meio absorvedor, sendo 1 Gy = 1 J/kg
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gary,ggray,grayy,grray,grya,rgay
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gray - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “gray”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-R-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /'greɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “guy” - see the side-by-side comparison. gray vs guy
- 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.