graças vs grama, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“graças” is an intj and “grama” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#895
“graças” frequency rank: #6,662
“grama” frequency rank: 7557
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	graças	grama
Definition	bem haja	planta rasteira da família das gramíneas

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set graças and grama apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

graças

5 ch

grama

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: graças is anintj and gramaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

graças is recorded at frequency rank #895, classified as anintj. grama is at rank #6,662, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈgɾã.ma/.

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 7557, this pair ranks #66,558 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of graças vs grama

Shared letters: agr. Private to "graças": sç. Private to "grama": m.

"graças" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "grama" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

grama ← garma · ggrama · graam · gramma · grmaa · grrama · rgama

Frequency comparison

graças#895

grama#6,662

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "graças" and "grama" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "graças" is an intj and "grama" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "graças" or "grama"?

"graças" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #895 in our Portuguese list, against #6,662 for "grama". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering graças vs grama

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an intj, it's “graças”; for a noun, it's “grama”.
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