graph
/ɡɹɑːf/
"graph" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“graph” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #6,577 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,577
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whos...
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 | graph |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɹɑːf/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “graph” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for graph is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡɹɑːf/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,577 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for graph, with forms such as "garph", "ggraph", and "grahp". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gray", "grip", "Gras", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of graphic formula. From 1878; verb from 1889. The correct English form is graph, spelled G-R-A-P-H.
Definition
- 1A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers.
- 2A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; (formally) a set of tuples (x_1,x_2,…,x_m,y)∈ R ᵐ⁺¹, where y=f(x_1,x_2,…,x_m) for a given function f: R ᵐ→ R . See also Graph of a function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 3A set of vertices (or nodes) connected together by edges; (formally) an ordered pair of sets (V,E), where the elements of V are called vertices or nodes and E is a set of pairs (called edges) of elements of V. See also Graph (discrete mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 4A topological space which represents some graph (ordered pair of sets) and which is constructed by representing the vertices as points and the edges as copies of the real interval [0,1] (where, for any given edge, 0 and 1 are identified with the points representing the two vertices) and equipping the result with a particular topology called the graph topology.
- 5A morphism Γ_f from the domain of f to the product of the domain and codomain of f, such that the first projection applied to Γ_f equals the identity of the domain, and the second projection applied to Γ_f is equal to f.
- 6A graphical unit on the token-level, the abstracted fundamental shape of a character or letter as distinct from its ductus (realization in a particular typeface or handwriting on the instance-level) and as distinct by a grapheme on the type-level by not fundamentally distinguishing meaning.
Etymology
Clipping of graphic formula. From 1878; verb from 1889.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: garph,ggraph,grahp,graphh,grapph,grpah,grraph,rgaph
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of graph - 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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Using “graph”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-A-P-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡɹɑːf/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gray” - see the side-by-side comparison. graph vs gray
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.