grávidavsgravidadeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#3,772
“grávida” frequency rank
#4,399
“gravidade” frequency rank
8171
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grávida gravidade
Definition estado resultante da fecundação do óvulo pelo espermatozoide, e que envolve o desenvolvimento no útero, do feto gerado, até a hora de sua retirada qualidade do que é grave

Letter map: grávida vs gravidade

Shared letters muted; letters that set grávida and gravidade apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. grávida runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against gravidade's 9 (CCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
grávida
9 ch
gravidade

Corpus notes: grávida and gravidade

grávida and gravidade are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8171, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grávida is recorded at frequency rank #3,772, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɾa.vi.dɐ/. gravidade is at rank #4,399, tagged as anoun.

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 8171, this pair ranks #65,703 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of grávida vs gravidade

Shared letters: adgirv. Private to "grávida": á. Private to "gravidade": e.

"grávida" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "gravidade" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gravidade ← garvidade · ggravidade · graivdade · gravdiade · graviadde · gravidadde · gravidaed · graviddade

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "grávida" and "gravidade" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "grávida" vs "gravidade" - which ranks higher?
"grávida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,772 in our Portuguese list, against #4,399 for "gravidade". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "grávida" and "gravidade". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "grávida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gravidade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,703 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grávida" and "gravidade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grávida vs guarida". 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 #65,703 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