graçasvsgramaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: graças is a intj, grama is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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

Letter map: graças vs grama

Shared letters muted; letters that set graças and grama apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. graças runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against grama's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
graças
5 ch
grama

Part-of-speech tell for graças / grama

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "graças" for "grama" ever safe?
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.

Useful next steps

Pair "graças" vs "grama" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "graças" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "grama" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,558 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "graças" and "grama" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grama vs grua". 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 #66,558 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