Which to use
“graça” is a noun and “gran” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,400
- “graça” frequency rank
- #10,731
- “gran” frequency rank
- 12131
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | graça | gran |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | felicidade | grão/grã, forma reduzida de grande; usa-se somente anteposto ao substantivo. |
Letter map: graça vs gran
Shared letters muted; letters that set graça and gran apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. graça runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against gran's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: graça vs gran
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: graça is anoun and grananadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
graça is recorded at frequency rank #1,400, classified as anoun. gran is at rank #10,731, 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 12131, this pair ranks #60,554 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of graça vs gran
Shared letters: agr. Private to "graça": ç. Private to "gran": n.
"graça" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "gran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gran ← garn · ggran · grann · grna · grran · rgan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "graça" and "gran" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "graça" or "gran"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "graça" and "gran". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "graça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,554 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "graça" and "gran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gran vs grip". 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 #60,554 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.