Which to use
“grace” and “greve” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,919
- “grace” frequency rank
- #3,406
- “greve” frequency rank
- 11325
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grace | greve |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | graça | paralisação das atividades de uma escola, fábrica, etc enquanto os alunos ou funcionários esperam que suas reivindicações sejam atendidas pela diretoria do estabelecimento |
Where the eye mixes grace and greve
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between grace and greve
A purely visual mix-up. grace (/ɡɹeɪs/) and greve (/ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11325, 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/. greve is at rank #3,406, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/.
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 11325, this pair ranks #61,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grace vs greve
Shared letters: egr. Private to "grace": ac. Private to "greve": v.
"grace" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "greve" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grace" for "greve" ever safe?
Frequency check: "grace" vs "greve" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "greve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grace" and "greve" 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 #61,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.