Which to use
“grau” is a noun and “gris” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,014
- “grau” frequency rank
- #42,486
- “gris” frequency rank
- 44500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grau | gris |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | unidade de ângulo | cinza, cinzento |
Letter map: grau vs gris
Shared letters muted; letters that set grau and gris apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for grau / gris
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grau is anoun and grisanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grau is recorded at frequency rank #2,014, classified as anoun. gris is at rank #42,486, tagged as anadj, pronounced /gris/.
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 44500, this pair ranks #20,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grau vs gris
Shared letters: gr. Private to "grau": au. Private to "gris": is.
"grau" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "gris" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grau" and "gris" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "grau" or "gris" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "grau" and "gris". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "grau" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grau" and "gris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grip vs gris". 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 #20,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.