graphe
\ɡʁaf\
The verdict
“graphe” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #22,882 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,882
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Courbe représentative d’une fonction. → voir représentation graphique
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 | graphe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁaf\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “graphe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for graphe is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 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
- 1Courbe représentative d’une fonction. → voir représentation graphique
- 2Objet 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
- 3Type abstrait de données listant des points non ordonnés pour un graphe non orienté, ou ordonnés pour un graphe orienté.
- 4Graffiti, 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
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.
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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Using “graphe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-P-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁaf\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “grave” - see the side-by-side comparison. graphe vs grave
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.