grape
/ɡɹeɪp/
"grape" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grape” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,222. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,222
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-grape · grape · English
grape · rank #11,222 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,222
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grains
Nearest frequency peer: grains (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “grape”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- gaze
gaze
88,782 corpus weight
- genome
genome
88,781 corpus weight
- grains
grains
88,780 corpus weight
- grape
grape
88,779 corpus weight
- gravel
gravel
88,778 corpus weight
- haircut
haircut
88,777 corpus weight
What this shows “grape” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grape |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɹeɪp/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “grape”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around grape (IPA /ɡɹeɪp/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,222 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for grape, with forms such as "garpe", "ggrape", and "graep". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GRE", "gray", "grip", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English grape, from Old French grape, grappe, crape (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), from graper, craper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *krappō (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greb… The correct English form is grape, spelled G-R-A-P-E.
Definition
- 1A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.
- 2A woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.
- 3Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera; their edibility varies.
- 4A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
- 5Clipping of grapeshot.
- 6A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
- 7A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.
- 8A person's head.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grape appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grapes give us whole-fruit snacks, grape juice, raisins, wine, and more.
wild grape covering the back slope
Etymology
From Middle English grape, from Old French grape, grappe, crape (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), from graper, craper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *krappō (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (“hook”), *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”). Displaced native Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (whence German Krapfen (“Berliner doughnut”). Doublet of grappa. More at cramp.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- garpe
- ggrape
- graep
- grappe
- grpae
- grrape
- rgape
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grape - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar misspelling depth
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