geraçãovsgraçasWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: geração is a noun, graças is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“geração” is a noun and “graças” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,194
“geração” frequency rank
#895
“graças” frequency rank
2089
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature geração graças
Definition ato de gerar bem haja

Letter map: geração vs graças

Shared letters muted; letters that set geração and graças apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. geração runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against graças's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
geração
6 ch
graças

Grammar separator: geração vs graças

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: geração is anoun and graçasanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

geração is recorded at frequency rank #1,194, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʒɨ.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. graças is at rank #895, tagged as anintj.

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 2089, this pair ranks #73,403 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of geração vs graças

Shared letters: agrç. Private to "geração": eoã. Private to "graças": s.

"geração" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "graças" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "geração" and "graças" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "geração" is a noun and "graças" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "geração" or "graças" show up more?
"graças" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #895 in our Portuguese list, against #1,194 for "geração". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "geração" and "graças".

  • Full dictionary entry for "geração" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "graças" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,403 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "geração" and "graças" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graças vs graxa". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #73,403 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list