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