grande vs grandeza, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#100
“grande” frequency rank: #9,347
“grandeza” frequency rank: 9447
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	grande	grandeza
Definition	que tem dimensões mais que ordinárias	qualidade ou propriedade do que é grande, extenso em comprimento, largura, altura, volume; amplidão, vastidão

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set grande and grandeza apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

grande

8 ch

grandeza

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grande is anadjective and grandezaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “grande” sits inside “grandeza”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grande is recorded at frequency rank #100, classified as anadj, pronounced ˈgɾɐ̃n.d͡ʒɪ. grandeza is at rank #9,347, 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 9447, this pair ranks #63,982 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of grande vs grandeza

Shared letters: adegnr. Private to "grande": -. Private to "grandeza": z.

"grande" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "grandeza" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

grande ← garnde · ggrande · gradne · grandde · graned · grannde · grnade · grrande
grandeza ← garndeza · ggrandeza · gradneza · granddeza · grandeaz · grandezza · grandzea · granedza

Frequency comparison

grande#100

grandeza#9,347

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "grande" and "grandeza" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "grande" is an adjective and "grandeza" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "grande" or "grandeza"?

"grande" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #100 in our Portuguese list, against #9,347 for "grandeza". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering grande vs grandeza

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “grande”; for a noun, it's “grandeza”.
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