Which to use
“graça” and “grade” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,400
- “graça” frequency rank
- #7,030
- “grade” frequency rank
- 8430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | graça | grade |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | felicidade | armação para vedar |
Letter map: graça vs grade
Shared letters muted; letters that set graça and grade apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & dictionary notes on graça vs grade
graça and grade 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 8430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
graça is recorded at frequency rank #1,400, classified as anoun. grade is at rank #7,030, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɾa.dɨ/.
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 8430, this pair ranks #65,334 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of graça vs grade
Shared letters: agr. Private to "graça": ç. Private to "grade": de.
"graça" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "grade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- grade ← garde · ggrade · gradde · graed · grdae · grrade · rgade
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "graça" for "grade" ever safe?
Frequency check: "graça" vs "grade" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "graça" vs "grade" 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 "grade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,334 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "graça" and "grade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grade 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 #65,334 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.