graphe

\ɡʁaf\

/\ɡʁaf\/ noun

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The verdict

“graphe” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,882
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courbe représentative d’une fonction. → voir représentation graphique

Corpus desk

Index FR-graphe · graphe · French

graphe · rank #22,882 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,882
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grandeurs

Nearest frequency peer: grandeurs (-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 « graphe »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « graphe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

graphe vs grave
67% similar
graphe vs grippe
67% similar
graphe vs grasse
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « graphe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).graphese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grandeurs » (#22,881), « gourmands » (#22,880), « généreuses » (#22,884). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « graphe » est au #22,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around graphe (IPA \ɡʁaf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,882 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for graphe, with forms such as "garphe", "ggraphe", and "grahpe". 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, "grave", "grippe", "grasse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is graphe, spelled G-R-A-P-H-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how graphe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La Figure 1.3(a) représente le graphe de la fonction v(M), pour diverses valeurs de l’excentricité : e = 0.0 à e — 0.9.
  2. Un graphe est constitué de sommets, dont certains sont reliés par des arêtes.

This word in other languages

graph(English)Graph(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garphe
  • ggraphe
  • grahpe
  • grapeh
  • graphhe
  • grapphe
  • grpahe
  • grraphe
  • rgaphe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of graphe - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

garphe2ggraphe1grahpe2grapeh2graphhe1grapphe1grpahe2grraphe1
Edit distance from "graphe"

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.

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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "graphe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

germes#22,876gelées#22,875Hunger#22,890insère#22,903

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

flirter9 variantsfeuillet9 variantsfestif9 variantsjugeait9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list