gramavsgraveTell them apart

Quick tell: grama is a noun, grave is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“grama” is a noun and “grave” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,662
“grama” frequency rank
#2,096
“grave” frequency rank
8758
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grama grave
Definition planta rasteira da família das gramíneas som de baixa frequência, no limite inferior da audição humana

Letter map: grama vs grave

Shared letters muted; letters that set grama and grave apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
grama
5 ch
grave

Part-of-speech tell for grama / grave

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grama is anoun and graveanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grama is recorded at frequency rank #6,662, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈgɾã.ma/. grave is at rank #2,096, tagged as anadj.

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 8758, this pair ranks #64,894 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of grama vs grave

Shared letters: agr. Private to "grama": m. Private to "grave": ev.

"grama" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "grave" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gramagarma · ggrama · graam · gramma · grmaa · grrama · rgama
  • gravegarve · ggrave · graev · gravve · grrave · grvae · rgave

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "grama" and "grave" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "grama" is a noun and "grave" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "grama" vs "grave" - which ranks higher?
"grave" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,096 in our Portuguese list, against #6,662 for "grama". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "grama" vs "grave" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "grama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "grave" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,894 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grama" and "grave" 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 #64,894 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