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.

  • graffgarff · ggraff · grfaf · grraff · rgaff
  • graphgarph · ggraph · grahp · graphh · grapph · grpah

Each spelling

graff

noun · /ɡɹɑːf/ · #37,004 frequency

Alternative form of graft.

graph

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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list