graçavsgranjaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#1,400
“graça” frequency rank
#18,342
“granja” frequency rank
19742
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature graça granja
Definition felicidade local de criação de aves para abate e produção de ovos

Letter map: graça vs granja

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

5 ch
graça
6 ch
granja

Corpus notes: graça and granja

graça and granja 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 19742, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

graça is recorded at frequency rank #1,400, classified as anoun. granja is at rank #18,342, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɐ̃ɾ.ʒɐ/.

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 19742, this pair ranks #50,913 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of graça vs granja

Shared letters: agr. Private to "graça": ç. Private to "granja": jn.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • granjagarnja · ggranja · grajna · granaj · granjja · grannja · grnaja · grranja

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "graça" and "granja" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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 "granja" - which ranks higher?
"graça" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,400 in our Portuguese list, against #18,342 for "granja". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "graça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "granja" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,913 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "graça" and "granja" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gralha vs granja". 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 #50,913 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