graçavsgrayTell them apart

Which to use

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

#1,400
“graça” frequency rank
#10,365
“gray” frequency rank
11765
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature graça gray
Definition felicidade unidade no Sistema Internacional de medidas, representado por Gy, que representa a quantidade de energia de radiação ionizante absorvida (ou dose) por unidade de massa, e é definido como a quantidade que deposita 1 joule (J) de energia por quilograma (kg) do meio absorvedor, sendo 1 Gy = 1 J/kg

Letter map: graça vs gray

Shared letters muted; letters that set graça and gray apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
graça
4 ch
gray

Spelling & dictionary notes on graça vs gray

graça and gray 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 11765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

graça is recorded at frequency rank #1,400, classified as anoun. gray is at rank #10,365, tagged as anoun, pronounced /'greɪ/.

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 11765, this pair ranks #61,014 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of graça vs gray

Shared letters: agr. Private to "graça": ç. Private to "gray": y.

"graça" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "gray" · 4 letters · shape CCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • graygary · ggray · grayy · grray · grya · rgay

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "graça" for "gray" ever safe?
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 "gray" - which ranks higher?
"graça" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,400 in our Portuguese list, against #10,365 for "gray". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "graça" vs "gray" 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 "gray" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,014 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "graça" and "gray" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gray 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 #61,014 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