Which to use
“grape” and “grasse” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,222
- “grape” frequency rank
- #49,365
- “grasse” frequency rank
- 60587
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grape | grasse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis. | Obsolete form of grass. |
Letter map: grape vs grasse
Shared letters muted; letters that set grape and grasse apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. grape runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against grasse's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: grape and grasse
grape and grasse 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 60587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grape is recorded at frequency rank #11,222, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹeɪp/. grasse is at rank #49,365, 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 60587, this pair ranks #99,340 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grape vs grasse
Shared letters: aegr. Private to "grape": p. Private to "grasse": s.
"grape" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "grasse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grape" for "grasse" ever safe?
Which is more common, "grape" or "grasse"?
What to do next
You've compared "grape" and "grasse". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "grape" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grasse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,340 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grape" and "grasse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grasse vs grosser". 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 #99,340 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.