grappe

\ɡʁap\

/\ɡʁap\/ noun

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The verdict

“grappe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,878. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,878
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assemblage de fleurs (inflorescence), de fruits ou de grains, portés sur une même tige, chaque élément étant pédicellé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grappe · grappe · French

grappe · rank #23,878 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,878
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gingembre

Nearest frequency peer: gingembre (-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 « grappe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grappe » 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).

grappe vs grave
67% similar
grappe vs groupe
67% similar
grappe vs grippe
83% similar

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

Key facts for grappe
PropertyValue
Headwordgrappe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁap\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,878
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grappe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grappese 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 « gingembre » (#23,877), « grasset » (#23,879), « Ginette » (#23,876). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grappe » est au #23,878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around grappe (IPA \ɡʁap\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,878 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for grappe, with forms such as "garppe", "ggrappe", and "grape". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grave", "groupe", "grippe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is grappe, spelled G-R-A-P-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assemblage de fleurs (inflorescence), de fruits ou de grains, portés sur une même tige, chaque élément étant pédicellé.
  2. 2
    La grappe de raisin.
  3. 3
    Rafle de la grappe.
  4. 4
    Groupe de personnes.
  5. 5
    Ensemble d’unités regroupées.
  6. 6
    Petites excroissances molles, et ordinairement rouges, qui viennent aux pieds des chevaux, des ânes, des mulets, et dont l’assemblage forme une espèce de grappe.
  7. 7
    Ensemble d’appareils de même type (terminaux, ordinateurs, etc.) rattachés à une même unité de contrôle.
  8. 8
    Regroupement significatif de cas ayant au moins une caractéristique commune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans une grappe de fleurs, les fleurs sont toujours à l’aisselle d’une bractée, contrairement à une cyme hélicoïde .
  2. Des coteaux d’Arbois, de Poligny et de Salins, descendait, chaque automne, avec les cuves pleines, le beau vin couleur peau d’oignon, jailli des grappes de poulsard, […].

This word in other languages

bunch(English)racimo(Español)Traube(Deutsch)cacho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garppe
  • ggrappe
  • grape
  • grapep
  • grpape
  • grrappe
  • rgappe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grappe - 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.

garppe2ggrappe1grape1grapep2grpape2grrappe1rgappe2
Edit distance from "grappe"

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 "grappe"?
"grappe" is spelled G-R-A-P-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁap\.
What does "grappe" mean?
As a noun, "grappe" means: Assemblage de fleurs (inflorescence), de fruits ou de grains, portés sur une même tige, chaque élément étant pédicellé.
What words are commonly confused with "grappe"?
"grappe" is commonly confused with "grave", "groupe", "grippe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grappe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grappe" is \ɡʁap\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grappe" come from?
"grappe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

griefs#23,880Gareth#23,875haines#23,884hammam#23,885

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

hobbit7 variantsimams7 variantsduras7 variantskader7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list