Which to use
“gaze” is a noun and “grave” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,478
- “gaze” frequency rank
- #2,096
- “grave” frequency rank
- 44574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gaze | grave |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tecido leve e transparente | som de baixa frequência, no limite inferior da audição humana |
Letter map: gaze vs grave
Shared letters muted; letters that set gaze and grave apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. gaze runs 4 letters (CVCV) against grave's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - gaze and grave
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gaze is anoun and graveanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gaze is recorded at frequency rank #42,478, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡa.zɨ/. grave is at rank #2,096, tagged as anadj.
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 44574, this pair ranks #20,882 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gaze vs grave
Shared letters: aeg. Private to "gaze": z. Private to "grave": rv.
"gaze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "grave" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gaze" and "grave" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "gaze" or "grave" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "gaze" and "grave". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "gaze" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grave" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,882 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gaze" and "grave" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gain vs gaze". 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 #20,882 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.