gratidãovsgrávidaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“gratidão” and “grávida” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,547
“gratidão” frequency rank
#3,772
“grávida” frequency rank
10319
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gratidão grávida
Definition reconhecimento do bem recebido estado resultante da fecundação do óvulo pelo espermatozoide, e que envolve o desenvolvimento no útero, do feto gerado, até a hora de sua retirada

Where the eye mixes gratidão and grávida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. gratidão runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against grávida's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
gratidão
7 ch
grávida

Look-alike desk: gratidão vs grávida

A purely visual mix-up. gratidão (/ɡɾɐ.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃/) and grávida (/ˈɡɾa.vi.dɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gratidão is recorded at frequency rank #6,547, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡɾɐ.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃/. grávida is at rank #3,772, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɾa.vi.dɐ/.

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 10319, this pair ranks #62,830 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gratidão vs grávida

Shared letters: adgir. Private to "gratidão": otã. Private to "grávida": vá.

"gratidão" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV  ·  "grávida" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gratidão" and "grávida" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ɡɾɐ.ti.ˈdɐ̃w̃/ versus /ˈɡɾa.vi.dɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "gratidão" vs "grávida" - which ranks higher?
"grávida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,772 in our Portuguese list, against #6,547 for "gratidão". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "gratidão" and "grávida" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gratidão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "grávida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,830 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gratidão" and "grávida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grávida vs guarida". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #62,830 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