Which to use
“garfo” is a noun and “grão” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,586
- “garfo” frequency rank
- #8,346
- “grão” frequency rank
- 23932
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | garfo | grão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | utensílio de dois ou mais dentes que faz parte do talher | forma reduzida de grande |
Letter map: garfo vs grão
Shared letters muted; letters that set garfo and grão apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for garfo / grão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: garfo is anoun and grãoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23932, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
garfo is recorded at frequency rank #15,586, classified as anoun. grão is at rank #8,346, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/.
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 23932, this pair ranks #45,803 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of garfo vs grão
Shared letters: gor. Private to "garfo": af. Private to "grão": ã.
"garfo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "grão" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- garfo ← agrfo · gafro · garffo · garof · garrfo · ggarfo · grafo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "garfo" and "grão" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "garfo" or "grão" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "garfo" and "grão". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "garfo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,803 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "garfo" and "grão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "garçon vs garfo". 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 #45,803 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.