gamevsgramsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“game” and “grams” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#182
“game” frequency rank
#9,339
“grams” frequency rank
9521
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature game grams
Definition A playful or competitive activity. plural of gram

Letter map: game vs grams

Shared letters muted; letters that set game and grams apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
game
5 ch
grams

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

game and grams are indexed as a confusable English 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

game is recorded at frequency rank #182, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡeɪm/. grams is at rank #9,339, 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 9521, this pair ranks #496,992 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of game vs grams

Shared letters: agm. Private to "game": e. Private to "grams": rs.

"game" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "grams" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gameagme · gaem · gamme · ggame · gmae
  • gramsgarms · ggrams · gramms · gramss · grasm · grmas · grrams · rgams

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "game" and "grams" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "game" or "grams"?
"game" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #182 in our English list, against #9,339 for "grams". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list