# grape

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɹeɪp/ · frequency rank #11,222

## Definitions
1. A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.
2. A woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.
3. Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera; their edibility varies.
4. A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
5. Clipping of grapeshot.
6. A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
7. A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.
8. A person's head.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **GRE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-gre)
- **gray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-gray)
- **grip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grip)
- **Gras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-gras)
- **grass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grass)
- **grave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grave)
- **graph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-graph)
- **grasp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grasp)
- **grove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grove)
- **gravy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-gravy)
- **grips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grips)
- **grate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grate)
- **grime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grime)
- **graze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-graze)
- **grays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grays)
- **gripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-gripe)
- **grope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grope)
- **graves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-graves)
- **grapes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grapes)
- **grease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grease)

## Common misspellings (7)
`garpe`, `ggrape`, `graep`, `grappe`, `grpae`, `grrape`, `rgape`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/grape