Which to use
“grace” and “grade” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,919
- “grace” frequency rank
- #7,030
- “grade” frequency rank
- 14949
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grace | grade |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | graça | armação para vedar |
Where the eye mixes grace and grade
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses grace with grade
A purely visual mix-up. grace (/ɡɹeɪs/) and grade (/ˈɡɾa.dɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - c in “grace” becomes d in “grade”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grace is recorded at frequency rank #7,919, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹeɪs/. grade is at rank #7,030, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɾa.dɨ/.
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 14949, this pair ranks #57,010 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grace vs grade
Shared letters: aegr. Private to "grace": c. Private to "grade": d.
"grace" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "grade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grace" and "grade" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "grace" or "grade" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "grace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,010 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grace" and "grade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grace vs grude". 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 #57,010 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.