graçavsgralhaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“graça” and “gralha” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,400
“graça” frequency rank
#46,357
“gralha” frequency rank
47757
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature graça gralha
Definition felicidade pássaro da família dos corvos (Corvus corone)

Letter map: graça vs gralha

Shared letters muted; letters that set graça and gralha apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
graça
6 ch
gralha

Spelling & dictionary notes on graça vs gralha

graça and gralha 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

graça is recorded at frequency rank #1,400, classified as anoun. gralha is at rank #46,357, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɾa.ʎɐ/.

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 47757, this pair ranks #17,474 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of graça vs gralha

Shared letters: agr. Private to "graça": ç. Private to "gralha": hl.

"graça" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "gralha" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gralhagarlha · ggralha · grahla · gralah · gralhha · grallha · grlaha · grralha

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "graça" and "gralha" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "graça" vs "gralha" - which ranks higher?
"graça" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,400 in our Portuguese list, against #46,357 for "gralha". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "graça" and "gralha".

  • Full dictionary entry for "graça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gralha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,474 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "graça" and "gralha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gralha vs graxa". 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 #17,474 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