Which to use
“grace” and “grau” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,919
- “grace” frequency rank
- #2,014
- “grau” frequency rank
- 9933
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grace | grau |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | graça | unidade de ângulo |
Letter map: grace vs grau
Shared letters muted; letters that set grace and grau apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Corpus notes: grace and grau
grace and grau are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9933, 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/. grau is at rank #2,014, tagged as anoun.
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 9933, this pair ranks #63,337 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grace vs grau
Shared letters: agr. Private to "grace": ce. Private to "grau": u.
"grace" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "grau" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grace" and "grau" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grace" vs "grau" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "grace" and "grau".
- Full dictionary entry for "grace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grau" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,337 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grace" and "grau" 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 #63,337 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.