gahvsgraphWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: gah is a intj, graph is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gah” is an intj and “graph” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,213
“gah” frequency rank
#6,577
“graph” frequency rank
34790
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gah graph
Definition Expressing exasperation or annoyance. 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.

Letter map: gah vs graph

Shared letters muted; letters that set gah and graph apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
gah
5 ch
graph

Part-of-speech tell for gah / graph

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gah is anintj and graphanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34790, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gah is recorded at frequency rank #28,213, classified as anintj. graph is at rank #6,577, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹɑːf/.

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 34790, this pair ranks #317,663 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gah vs graph

Shared letters: agh. Private to "gah": -. Private to "graph": pr.

"gah" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "graph" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • graphgarph · ggraph · grahp · graphh · grapph · grpah · grraph · rgaph

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gah" for "graph" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gah" is an intj and "graph" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gah" or "graph"?
"graph" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,577 in our English list, against #28,213 for "gah". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "gah" vs "graph" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "graph" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #317,663 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gah" and "graph" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gah vs gnaw". 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 #317,663 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list