Which to use
“graça” is a noun and “grato” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,400
- “graça” frequency rank
- #8,345
- “grato” frequency rank
- 9745
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | graça | grato |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | felicidade | qualidade de quem tem gratidão, que está agradecido, reconhecido: |
Letter map: graça vs grato
Shared letters muted; letters that set graça and grato apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for graça / grato
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: graça is anoun and gratoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
graça is recorded at frequency rank #1,400, classified as anoun. grato is at rank #8,345, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈɡɾa.tu/.
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 9745, this pair ranks #63,572 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of graça vs grato
Shared letters: agr. Private to "graça": ç. Private to "grato": ot.
"graça" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "grato" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- grato ← garto · ggrato · graot · gratto · grrato · grtao · rgato
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "graça" and "grato" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "graça" or "grato"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "graça" and "grato".
- Full dictionary entry for "graça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grato" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,572 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "graça" and "grato" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "GOAT vs grato". 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 #63,572 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.