graçasvsgravarConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#895
“graças” frequency rank
#3,567
“gravar” frequency rank
4462
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature graças gravar
Definition bem haja esculpir, entalhar

Letter map: graças vs gravar

Shared letters muted; letters that set graças and gravar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. graças and gravar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
graças
6 ch
gravar

Role in the sentence - graças and gravar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: graças is anintj and gravaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

graças is recorded at frequency rank #895, classified as anintj. gravar is at rank #3,567, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɡɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/.

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 4462, this pair ranks #70,431 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of graças vs gravar

Shared letters: agr. Private to "graças": sç. Private to "gravar": v.

"graças" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "gravar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gravar ← garvar · ggravar · graavr · gravarr · gravra · gravvar · grravar · grvaar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "graças" and "gravar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "graças" is an intj and "gravar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "graças" or "gravar"?
"graças" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #895 in our Portuguese list, against #3,567 for "gravar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "graças" vs "gravar" 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 "gravar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,431 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "graças" and "gravar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graduar vs gravar". 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 #70,431 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