Which to use
“grave” is an adjective and “greve” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,096
- “grave” frequency rank
- #3,406
- “greve” frequency rank
- 5502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grave | greve |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | som de baixa frequência, no limite inferior da audição humana | paralisação das atividades de uma escola, fábrica, etc enquanto os alunos ou funcionários esperam que suas reivindicações sejam atendidas pela diretoria do estabelecimento |
Letter map: grave vs greve
Shared letters muted; letters that set grave and greve apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - grave and greve
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grave is anadjective and greveanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “grave” becomes e in “greve”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grave is recorded at frequency rank #2,096, classified as anadj. greve is at rank #3,406, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/.
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 5502, this pair ranks #69,093 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grave vs greve
Shared letters: egrv. Private to "grave": a. Private to "greve": -.
"grave" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "greve" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grave" for "greve" ever safe?
Which is more common, "grave" or "greve"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "grave" and "greve".
- Full dictionary entry for "grave" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "greve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,093 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grave" and "greve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "greve 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 #69,093 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.