Which to use
“graça” and “grace” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,400
- “graça” frequency rank
- #7,919
- “grace” frequency rank
- 9319
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | graça | grace |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | felicidade | graça |
Letter map: graça vs grace
Shared letters muted; letters that set graça and grace apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Corpus notes: graça and grace
graça and grace are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
graça is recorded at frequency rank #1,400, classified as anoun. grace is at rank #7,919, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹeɪs/.
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 9319, this pair ranks #64,143 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of graça vs grace
Shared letters: agr. Private to "graça": ç. Private to "grace": ce.
"graça" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "grace" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- grace ← garce · ggrace · gracce · graec · grcae · grrace · rgace
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "graça" and "grace" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "graça" vs "grace" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "graça" vs "grace" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "graça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grace" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,143 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "graça" and "grace" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grace vs grude". 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 #64,143 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.