Which to use
“gate” is a noun and “grato” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,008
- “gate” frequency rank
- #8,345
- “grato” frequency rank
- 28353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gate | grato |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | portão; portal; porteira | qualidade de quem tem gratidão, que está agradecido, reconhecido: |
Where the eye mixes gate and grato
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses gate with grato
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gate is /ɡeɪt/ while grato is /ˈɡɾa.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gate is recorded at frequency rank #20,008, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡeɪt/. grato is at rank #8,345, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈɡɾa.tu/.
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 28353, this pair ranks #40,468 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gate vs grato
Shared letters: agt. Private to "gate": e. Private to "grato": or.
"gate" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "grato" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gate" and "grato" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "gate" or "grato" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gate" and "grato" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grato" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,468 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gate" and "grato" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gate vs GOAT". 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 #40,468 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.