graphe

/\ɡʁaf\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,882

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

graphe is aFrenchnoun. It means: Courbe représentative d’une fonction. → voir représentation graphique Pronounced \ɡʁaf\. Often confused with grave and grippe.

Key facts for graphe
PropertyValue
Headwordgraphe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁaf\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,882
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of graphe in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for graphe is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁaf\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,882 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for graphe, with forms such as "garphe", "ggraphe", and "grahpe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grave", "grippe", "grasse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is graphe, spelled G-R-A-P-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Courbe représentative d’une fonction. → voir représentation graphique
  2. 2
    Objet de mathématiques combinatoires généralisant le concept de relation binaire et celui de polyèdre, pouvant être représenté par un schéma reliant des sommets par des arcs ou des arêtes. → voir théorie des graphes
  3. 3
    Type abstrait de données listant des points non ordonnés pour un graphe non orienté, ou ordonnés pour un graphe orienté.
  4. 4
    Graffiti, dont les lettres ont un volume.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garphe,ggraphe,grahpe,grapeh,graphhe,grapphe,grpahe,grraphe,rgaphe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for graphe

Misspelling Variants of "graphe"

garphe6ggraphe7grahpe6grapeh6graphhe7grapphe7grpahe6grraphe7
Misspelling Variants of "graphe"

Frequency rank: #22,882 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "graphe"?
"graphe" is spelled G-R-A-P-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁaf\.
What does "graphe" mean?
As a noun, "graphe" means: Courbe représentative d’une fonction. → voir représentation graphique
What words are commonly confused with "graphe"?
"graphe" is commonly confused with "grave", "grippe", "grasse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "graphe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "graphe" is \ɡʁaf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "graphe" come from?
"graphe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.