graffiti
\ɡʁa.fi.ti\
The verdict
“graffiti” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,027. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,027
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inscription gravée, dessin tracé dans l’Antiquité sur des murs, des monuments.
Corpus desk
Index FR-graffiti · graffiti · French
graffiti · rank #21,027 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,027
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Giuseppe
Nearest frequency peer: Giuseppe (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « graffiti »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- gamer
gamer
78,977 corpus weight
- Gignac
Gignac
78,976 corpus weight
- Giuseppe
Giuseppe
78,975 corpus weight
- graffiti
graffiti
78,974 corpus weight
- gratin
gratin
78,973 corpus weight
- Griezmann
Griezmann
78,971 corpus weight
What this shows « graffiti » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | graffiti |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.fi.ti\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « graffiti »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around graffiti (IPA \ɡʁa.fi.ti\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,027 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for graffiti, with forms such as "garffiti", "ggraffiti", and "graffiit". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "griffith", "graffitis", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is graffiti, spelled G-R-A-F-F-I-T-I.
Definition
- 1Inscription gravée, dessin tracé dans l’Antiquité sur des murs, des monuments.
- 2Inscription, dessin, rapidement tracé, gribouillis.
- 3Inscription ou dessin griffonné sur des murs ou sur les parois de monuments.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how graffiti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et il s’en alla, sous l’averse, songeant aux graffiti tracés jadis par des mains ignorantes sur les murs de Pompéi et maintenant déchiffrés, recueillis et illustrés par des philologues. Il songea au gratto du Palatin, à ces traits hâtifs et maladroits dont un soldat oisif égratigna le mur du corps de garde.
Deux petites lignes inscrites au charbon sur un mur à hauteur d’homme. Un modeste graffiti qui modifie l’histoire d’un des sites archéologiques les plus connus du monde, Pompéi, et met un terme à une vieille querelle entre érudits au sujet de la date exacte à laquelle le Vésuve, en entrant en éruption, a détruit la célèbre ville romaine ainsi que ses vois…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- garffiti
- ggraffiti
- graffiit
- graffitti
- grafftii
- grafifti
- grafiti
- grfafiti
- grraffiti
- rgaffiti
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of graffiti - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).