gravarvsgraveTell them apart

Quick tell: gravar is a verb, grave is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gravar” is a verb and “grave” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,567
“gravar” frequency rank
#2,096
“grave” frequency rank
5663
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gravar grave
Definition esculpir, entalhar som de baixa frequência, no limite inferior da audição humana

Letter map: gravar vs grave

Shared letters muted; letters that set gravar and grave apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. gravar runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against grave's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
gravar
5 ch
grave

Role in the sentence - gravar and grave

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gravar is averb and graveanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gravar is recorded at frequency rank #3,567, classified as averb, pronounced /ɡɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/. grave is at rank #2,096, tagged as anadj.

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 5663, this pair ranks #68,915 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gravar vs grave

Shared letters: agrv. Private to "gravar": -. Private to "grave": e.

"gravar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "grave" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gravar ← garvar · ggravar · graavr · gravarr · gravra · gravvar · grravar · grvaar
  • grave ← garve · ggrave · graev · gravve · grrave · grvae · rgave

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gravar" and "grave" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gravar" is a verb and "grave" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "gravar" vs "grave" - which ranks higher?
"grave" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,096 in our Portuguese list, against #3,567 for "gravar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "gravar" and "grave". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gravar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "grave" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,915 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gravar" and "grave" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grave vs grude". 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 #68,915 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