Which to use
“grato” and “great” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,345
- “grato” frequency rank
- #8,059
- “great” frequency rank
- 16404
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grato | great |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | qualidade de quem tem gratidão, que está agradecido, reconhecido: | fantástico, de ótima qualidade |
Where the eye mixes grato and great
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. grato (CCVCV) and great (CCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses grato with great
A purely visual mix-up. grato (/ˈɡɾa.tu/) and great (/ɡɹeɪt/) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grato is recorded at frequency rank #8,345, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈɡɾa.tu/. great is at rank #8,059, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɡɹeɪt/.
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 16404, this pair ranks #55,138 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grato vs great
Shared letters: agrt. Private to "grato": o. Private to "great": e.
"grato" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "great" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grato" and "great" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "grato" or "great"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "grato" and "great" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grato" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "great" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,138 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grato" and "great" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "great 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 #55,138 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.