English homophones
graff/graph
"graph" (#6,577 written frequency) beats "graff" (#37,004) in this 2-word /ɡɹɑːf/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ɡɹɑːf/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "graph" leads at #6,577, with "graff" trailing at #37,004.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "gra" then splits - "graff" (5 letters) vs "graph" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across graff, graph: agr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
graff
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCC
Inventory afgr · private f
graph
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCC
Inventory aghpr · private hp
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "graff" when you mean: Alternative form of graft.
- Write "graph" when you mean: A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, m…
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
noun · /ɡɹɑːf/ · #6,577 frequency
A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers.
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (graff, graph). Here's where to go from here.
- "graph" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #6,577 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: gg · Gigi. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "graff, graph" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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