grande vs grude, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#100
“grande” frequency rank: #46,358
“grude” frequency rank: 46458
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	grande	grude
Definition	que tem dimensões mais que ordinárias	tipo de cola para madeira, etc.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set grande and grude apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

grande

5 ch

grude

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grande is ˈgɾɐ̃n.d͡ʒɪ while grude is /ˈɡɾu.dɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46458, 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. grude is at rank #46,358, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɾu.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 46458, this pair ranks #18,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of grande vs grude

Shared letters: degr. Private to "grande": an. Private to "grude": u.

"grande" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "grude" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

grande ← garnde · ggrande · gradne · grandde · graned · grannde · grnade · grrande
grude ← ggrude · grdue · grrude · grudde · grued · gurde · rgude

Frequency comparison

grande#100

grude#46,358

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

"grande" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #100 in our Portuguese list, against #46,358 for "grude". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering grande vs grude

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 “grude”.
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