Which to use
“gift” and “graft” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,721
- “gift” frequency rank
- #15,622
- “graft” frequency rank
- 17343
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gift | graft |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Something given to another voluntarily, without charge. | A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. |
Where the eye mixes gift and graft
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. gift (/ɡɪft/) and graft (/ɡɹɑːft/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gift is recorded at frequency rank #1,721, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡɪft/. graft is at rank #15,622, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹɑːft/.
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 17343, this pair ranks #452,027 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gift vs graft
Shared letters: fgt. Private to "gift": i. Private to "graft": ar.
"gift" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "graft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC